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Serial rapist sentenced to life Comments

Known as the "East Coast Rapist" for a decade of attacks, Aaron Thomas is linked by DNA to 17 assaults ...

DNA tagging system marks criminals for weeks Comments

By PoliceOne Staff A British security company has launched a new device that deploys a non-lethal pellet that marks its target for several weeks. Available in rifle or pistol form, the SelectaDNA High ...

DNA collection in question: Md. case has national implications Comments

One expert says that the case of Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr. represents a sensitive and important balance between the public interest and the privacy of persons of interest. ...

SCOTUS to decide on collection of DNA Comments

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it's legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest ...

Fingerprint system speeds arrests in Ohio Comments

Quan Truong The Columbus Dispatch WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Westerville's latest crime-fighting tool has helped clear about two-dozen investigations after a year on the job. The Automated Fingerprint ...

DNA techology proves pivotal as man pleads guilty to 1992 homicide Comments

The DNA procedure, mini-STR testing, uses short pieces of known DNA called primers — they are smaller than those used in traditional analysis — to identify individual genetic profiles on shorter, degraded DNA fragments. ...

Lawyer wants DNA evidence reviewed in 1989 murder trial Comments

Dennis Dechaine's lawyer will have to convince Superior Court Justice Carl Bradford that jurors would not have convicted him if they had known about the DNA. ...

Mich. murder suspect free pending forensic test results Comments

Because an arrest warrant was not issued within 72 hours, the suspect was transferred to the custody of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office on a probation violation warrant. ...

McDonald's nabs robbers by spraying them with DNA Video

By PoliceOne Staff SYDNEY, Australia — McDonald's locations in Australia are spraying invisible DNA at suspected robbers to heighten security. A police officer and a chemist in the UK developed ...

Database tool seeks to ID unknown dead

By Jim Balloch Knoxville News-SentinelHe was a black man, probably in his 30s or 40s, when someone robbed him of his life - and his name - more than 30 years ago. His body was left in a heavily wooded ...

NC center targets criminals' digital devices

By Cheryl Caswell Charleston Daily Mail HUNTINGTON, N.C. — Digital devices are making life easier for most people — including criminals.But the Marshall University Forensic Science Center is ...

Ted Bundy's DNA added to national database Comments

Before he was executed in 1989, Bundy confessed to more than 30 murders and was suspected of many more. ...

Calif. officer takes expertise to Ivy League

The officer's specialty is piecing together traffic accidents and crime scenes with measurements, photos and diagrams ...

Despite DNA, Fla. man acquitted in 1972 NY cold-case murder trial Comments

By Ben Dobbin Associated PressROCHESTER, N.Y. — A twice-convicted sexual predator was acquitted Thursday of bludgeoning to death a blind homemaker at her home in upstate New York in 1972.A jury deliberated ...

Tie your shoes... to an investigation

Young detectives tend to be hungry for knowledge and they often look to their senior detectives for advice. Some are lucky enough to have valuable advice shared with them on a regular basis while others ...

Veterinarians learning to investigate crimes Comments

Melinda Merck, the nation's top forensic vet, has begun a veterinary forensic science training program already nicknamed "Animal CSI" ...

Biometrics gaining ground in law enforcement

All of us accumulate a lot of keys over time. We have locker keys, door keys, desk drawer keys, car keys, padlock keys, and keys that just appeared one day with no apparent use or function. If you have ...

FBI says blood evidence flaws may have led to 3 SC executions Comments

Overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions ...

FBI backlog is over 3,200 forensic DNA cases Comments

The agency is hiring 17 additional forensic examiners in hopes of speeding up legal proceedings ...

Robber tells man he shot Fla. cop Comments

SANFORD, Fla. — A home invasion in Seminole County could be the work of a man who shot a police officer, according to a man who was robbed Saturday morning.An 89-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint ...