PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study led by researchers from the University of Oregon dug into limitations of a forensic tool used at crime scenes — discovering one way that people may be incorrectly ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A pair of Green Bay brothers have been exonerated for a 1987 murder after DNA identified a different suspect. Sandra Lison was found dead on August 4th, 1987 after she ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Forensic DNA analysis is one of law enforcement’s strongest tools in identifying unknown crime suspects, but it has its limitations. Researchers have found certain groups of people are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic ...

The practices of the California-based lab whose novel DNA analysis techniques have been used to link accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex A. Heuermann to the killings of several young women, and its ...

The Alaska state crime lab in Anchorage seen on May 6, 2024. State and local law enforcement officials announced a breakthrough on a more than 25 year old cold case in Juneau this summer, thanks in ...

She had brown eyes and black hair. She was almost 5 feet, 7 inches tall and chewed tobacco. She was in her 20s, carried heavy loads with her left arm and had given birth. We don't know her name, but ...

MINNEAPOLIS — At least 75 DNA samples at the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Forensic Science Laboratory have potentially been contaminated. The sheriff's office says the contamination was discovered ...

The method of nuclear DNA analysis that linked suspect Rex A. Heuermann to the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killings will soon be the primary method for generating forensic genetic data, a founder of ...

The study of ancient DNA provides valuable insights into human history, including how ancient populations migrated and merged with each other. But discoveries drawn from this ancient genetic data can ...