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CHARLOTTE — The Cold Case Unit with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has identified a 2016 deceased victim as Kenneth Robert McCarthy using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. The skeletal remains were discovered on January 29, 2016, in ...
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile that had contaminated a control sample. A team of ...
Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) DNA profiling has ...
As more and more cold cases are solved using forensic genealogy, Connecticut’s forensic lab is offering funding to local police departments that are looking to take a fresh approach to unsolved crimes by testing DNA evidence for familial links.
Prosecutors at Karen Read's second murder trial on Friday focused on DNA found on items collected from the crime scene and on clothing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read, 45, is accused of backing her SUV into John O'Keefe, 46, and leaving him to ...
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 DNA testing, which has never been used in a New York court ...
Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of investigation can go beyond that with the help of creepy-crawlies ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A single drop of blood on a broken window could soon lead to answers much faster in the Lowcountry. State and local leaders celebrated the opening of the new Tri-County Biological Science Center Monday, a state-of-the-art ...
Read full article: Man arrested in Brevard County ‘Breaking Bad’ drug bust to take plea deal Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference Wednesday morning, Jan. 28, 2026 in Valrico. Read full article: Florida warms up big time, but winter looks ...
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Human remains found under overpass finally identified years later through DNA breakthrough
For nearly fourteen years, a set of bones found under a busy Chicago overpass sat in a file labeled only with a case number. Now, thanks to a DNA breakthrough and a relative who stepped forward, investigators finally know the man's name and his family finally knows what happened to him.