A body found at the bottom of a California ravine nearly 50 years ago has been confirmed to be a missing Alabama woman. Victoria Jean Hargrove, who was 29 at the time, went missing from her home in ...

In 1996, a human skull found in Arcata went unidentified. DNA testing has now identified the remains as Gregory Hugh Oliver, ...

A DNA sample was obtained from the remains and entered into both the California Missing Persons DNA Database and the National ...

Humboldt County authorities have successfully identified the remains of two men, Charles Marrs and Gregory Hugh Oliver, who ...

San Rafael police have identified a suspect in the 1966 homicide of Marjorie Rudolph, solving the 60-year-old cold case ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C (WCIV) — There will soon be a new tool to fight and solve crime across the Lowcountry, with the Tri-County Biological Science Center on Leeds Avenue building unveiled today. The ...

The following overview reflects information shared in presentations from multiple workshop speakers. They should not be construed as consensus or exhaustive definitions of the topics discussed. What ...

DNA evidence is supposed to be the gold standard of criminal investigation. But what happens when that same technology sends ...

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 ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Characterization, or ''typing," of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for purposes of ...

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

In the constantly evolving field of forensic science, processing DNA quickly and accurately is paramount. Recent advances in technology have transformed the landscape of forensic DNA analysis, ...