DNA, Walshe and Forensic
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These articles describe how new forensic and DNA technologies have helped investigators resolve long-unsolved cases. Each story shows law enforcement reopening cold cases as tools improved. Investigators matched decades-old evidence with DNA profiles and genealogical methods to identify victims or arrest suspects.
Colorado investigators say they have solved the 1987 killing of Rhonda Marie Fisher after newly analyzed DNA linked her death to a serial murderer.
On the third day of a high-profile evidentiary hearing in Orange County, forensic experts took the stand Wednesday as the legal team for 80-year-old Tommy Zeigler sought to use modern DNA testing to challenge a nearly half-century-old murder conviction.
Texas sexual-assault survivors now have a quieter route to forensic DNA testing that does not require calling the police. A new limited-consent option lets survivors get a forensic medical exam and have evidence tested for foreign DNA while holding off on a formal report to law enforcement.
A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police
Every living thing has DNA, the blueprint for life. These genetic blueprints separate us as species and, further, as individuals. The human genome — the complete set of DNA found in all humans — is around 99.9% identical in all people, but that 0.1% of ...
DPS' Crime Laboratory Division is implementing the state’s new Limited Consent for DNA Testing Program for sexual assault survivors.
The Delhi High Court has called for framing of a coordinated policy to prevent the delay in transportation of DNA samples in cases of sexual assault. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma called for an urgent and coordinated policy framework between the Delhi Police, forensic laboratories and Delhi Government's Health and Home Departments.