A DNA sample was obtained from the remains and entered into both the California Missing Persons DNA Database and the National Unidentified Persons DNA Index. The DNA profile was routinely compared against profiles from missing persons and other human remains in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS),

The Skagit County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is trying to solve a troubling case involving at least a dozen dead dogs.

Prosecutors at Karen Read's second murder trial on Friday focused on DNA found on items collected from the crime scene and on clothing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read, 45, is accused of backing her SUV into John O'Keefe, 46, and leaving him to ...

Nearly four decades after a brutal killing rattled Northern Arizona University and the surrounding community, Flagstaff police say they have finally made an arrest. Detectives on Tuesday took Glendale resident James Arthur Runnels Jr.

"Our investigation indicates the recovered bones are probably of archaeological origins and were collected in another country."

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 formed to update and clarify discussion of the ...

CHARLOTTE — The Cold Case Unit with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has identified a 2016 deceased victim as Kenneth Robert McCarthy using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. The skeletal remains were discovered on January 29, 2016, in ...