DNA company policy changes could affect cold case crime solving

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com ...
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How advanced DNA analysis is helping solve cold cases, other crimes through predictive models

The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve ...
The Monterey County Herald on MSN

Nonprofit seeks to facilitate cold case investigations

The partnership with the Cold Case Project Monterey County has allowed us to do something incredibly important: remove ...
Forbes

How DNA And Data Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. Jane Doe's skull and bones on the examination table at the Smith ...
KING5

1996 cold case resolved after DNA analysis

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — After nearly three decades, Jeffrey Klungness' disappearance has been resolved, following new DNA and medical examiner analysis. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said the ...
Newsday

Gilgo serial killer case: Defense argues prosecution's DNA analysis linking victims to Heuermann isn't reliable trial evidence

A defense attorney for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann wants to block prosecutors from introducing DNA analysis they say links her client to the killing of six women, arguing that the ...
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DNA Test Cracks Rape Case With Identical Twin Suspects

Decades after a brutal rape, a groundbreaking technique has finally exposed the attacker, solving a puzzle that once stumped investigators: how to tell identical twins apart using only DNA. The 1987 ...
WLKY

Judge rules that Steve Lawson's trial will not be delayed for hair DNA testing

FORECAST. THANK YOU JAY. THE FAMILY OF CRYSTAL ROGERS QUEST FOR JUSTICE WILL NOT BE DELAYED ANY LONGER. AND IN ORDER TODAY, A NELSON COUNTY JUDGE DENIED A REQUEST BY STEVEN LAWSON TO POSTPONE HIS ...
CNN

A new DNA testing method could play a big role in the case against the accused Gilgo Beach killer

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their ...
WLKY

Defense, prosecutors share tense exchanges at Crystal Rogers case hearing for hair DNA testing

NEWS AT SIX. ATTORNEYS FOR ONE OF THE THREE MEN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF CRYSTAL ROGERS WANTS HIS TRIAL POSTPONED. STEPHEN LAWSON WAS BACK IN A NELSON COUNTY COURTROOM THIS AFTERNOON. WE LEARNED ...
CBS News

Nuclear DNA testing at issue in Gilgo Beach murder case. Here's what it is.

The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward a trial, but two defense requests are slowing things down. Rex Heuermann's attorneys are asking for more time as they challenge something called nuclear ...
KGW8

1996 Washington state cold case resolved after DNA analysis

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — After nearly three decades, Jeffrey Klungness' disappearance has been resolved, following new DNA and medical examiner analysis. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said the ...