Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...
SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Crime Lab has access to the national DNA database that helps match samples and identify possible criminals. CODIS, which stands for “Combined DNA Index System,” is a ...
The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal ...
SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office made a significant breakthrough in a yearlong murder investigation that had seen little progress. Stacey Dramiga, 63, was attacked, sexually assaulted ...
Investigators said the DNA evidence from gloves found approximately 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's house was submitted to a lab in Florida and to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). "There were no ...
As if the regular detainment of children isn’t bad enough, documents show that U.S. immigration authorities are adding their DNA to a criminal database. In less than five years, the U.S. has collected ...
A member of the FBI's Evidence Response Ream searches an area around Nancy Guthrie's residence in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 11. Police say that DNA samples have been recovered in and around Guthrie's ...