Authorities say advances in forensic genetic genealogy solved two cold cases in Brockton, Massachusetts, identifying a ...

State police have identified a man through DNA evidence in connection with two cold cases in Plymouth County dating back more ...

Until recently, the public did not know that some of the evidence included hairs. “Hairs that have been found inside Nancy ...

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for 80 days since the ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

Decades later, authorities have identified the man involved in two heinous crimes in Brockton, a 1991 murder and a 1993 rape, ...

An investigation initially punctuated by ransom notes and public pleas from family members for Nancy Guthrie’s release has since transitioned to investigators seeking results from DNA evidence ...

At 10:22 a.m., Wendell Ivory, a forensic scientist supervisor in the forensic biology section at the NC State Crime Lab, took the stand. Ivory outlined the basic procedures used for DNA testing at the ...

The FBI DNA hair sample Nancy Guthrie case has reached a critical forensic moment in 2026. Federal investigators now hold DNA ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) — Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s forensic laboratory. South Carolina Law Enforcement’s ...

How do lawyers view forensic evidence? And how do individuals who make up juries view forensic evidence? Some lawyers complain of a CSI effect, in which jurors expect that every case should involve ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...