The Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory in downtown Dayton will no longer test DNA samples here, forcing local law enforcement to submit their evidence to a lab that is run by the state. Hiring a ...

NEW ORLEANS — With thousands of untested DNA samples in its warehouse, there is no question the NOPD needs a faster way to process forensic evidence. It is a problem almost two decades in the making ...

The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory is launching a new DNA profiling program that officials say will allow law enforcement to quickly determine if a person under felony arrest is connected to serious ...

Lexington may soon use a private lab for its DNA testing for violent crimes due to a backlog at the Kentucky State Police crime lab. Mayor Linda Gorton’s proposed $531.8 million budget includes up to ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —A huge win in the battle against violent crime in New Orleans. The city council approved requirements for a new DNA testing lab for Orleans Parish. “I’m very excited about it, we ...

The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab is sitting on a backlog of 2,500 DNA cases, an official testified Thursday in an Orleans Parish courtroom, blaming a staffing exodus and heavy demand for a huge ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (WOIO) - New DNA testing may be happening as soon as this summer on evidence, specifically hair, in the Amy Mihaljevic kidnapping and murder case. It’s been 35 years since ...

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears ...

It was technically a successful scientific discovery when analysts at the Hennepin County forensic science lab recognized there was a contaminant somewhere in its DNA process. That did not lessen the ...

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 ...