A 79-year-old hunter from Southwest Alaska missing since 2009 was finally identified by a DNA sample in mid-July, Alaska State Troopers said this week. The identification of George Smith Sr.

The software most American crime labs use to read DNA evidence carried a flaw. It let someone with the right access quietly rewrite the results, and leave almost no trace. AI made the attack easy. The ...

DNA testing on a hair found in Nancy Guthrie's home returned no profile, but investigators say the sample may still prove ...

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said investigators preserved the evidence while continuing to explore other forensic leads in ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A judge in Maricopa County has thrown out the DNA sample that led to the arrest of a man accused of killing a Scottsdale woman in 2015. The murder of Allison Feldman confounded ...

Contamination and other errors in DNA analysis have occurred at the Washington State Patrol crime labs, most of it the result of sloppy work. The most common problems are cross-contamination by ...

The defense says a limited sample holds an unknown man's DNA and wants a private lab to test it first -- and believes SLED's ...