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Technology
Prosecutors Criticize D.C. Crime Lab’s Handling of Some DNA Evidence
D.C. prosecutors have stopped sending DNA evidence to the city’s new state-of-the-art crime lab after they said they discovered errors in the way analysts determined whether a sample can be linked to a suspect or a victim.
March 6, 2015
Technology
LAPD Cuts DNA Evidence Backlog
A year ago, amid increasing community pressure, the department acknowledged that nearly 7,500 evidence kits from victims of those sex crimes were languishing in storage freezers without having been analyzed.
October 4, 2009
Technology
Just a Touch: Using Touch DNA Evidence
Amazing. This unknown suspect left behind enough DNA from just briefly touching the sides of the victim's underwear to provide a statistically significant partial DNA profile.
November 30, 2008
Technology
LAPD Clears DNA Evidence Backlog
Information provided in the kits from the original backlog has resulted in 521 matches in a national database of known offenders. There also have been 41 "case-to-case hits," some of which found serial offenders or an unknown suspect who has committed other crimes.
February 1, 2011
Patrol
DNA Evidence: What Patrol Officers Need to Know
The advent of DNA analysis has revolutionized criminal investigations, and new techniques continue to improve the ways in which it can be used.
February 2, 2011
Patrol
DNA, Text Evidence Links Two to Paris Gunman
Two men with ties to one of the three gunmen who terrorized Paris were handed preliminary charges Friday, the Paris prosecutor said, describing hundreds of texts, regular meetings and DNA recovered from a stun gun.
March 13, 2015
Technology
Rapid DNA System
ANDE
From buccal (cheek) swabs to crime scene evidence, the the ANDE Rapid DNA system is designed to get results in less than two hours.
September 1, 2018
Technology
Rapid DNA Technology to be Tested in Fla. Court
Capt. Diana Blackledge said detectives identified a suspect, but felt they didn't have enough evidence to convict him in court, that is, until they employed a "portable DNA lab in a box." Read Full Story Here.
March 3, 2014
Technology
Bode Technology Launches Same-Day DNA Service for LE
Bode's Same-Day DNA Service provides forensic DNA analysis and a court-ready report the same day that the forensic evidence is received at the laboratory, according to the company.
July 5, 2012
Technology
Houston Forensic Science Center Outsources DNA Work to Tackle Backlog
The Houston Forensic Science Center will outsource most of its DNA work to a private laboratory for the next 10 months to play catch-up with a backlog of evidence.
June 20, 2018
Patrol
Seattle Police Link DNA, Ballistics To Cop Killer
Seattle police have linked DNA and ballistic evidence found at the scene where Officer Tim Brenton was killed and his partner was injured in an ambush-style shooting to Christopher Montfort, SeattlePI.com reports.
November 8, 2009
Technology
Video: Rapid DNA Technology to be Tested in Fla. Court
Capt. Diana Blackledge said detectives identified a suspect, but felt they didn't have enough evidence to convict him in court, that is, until they employed a "portable DNA lab in a box."
March 3, 2014
Patrol
DNA Links Suspect in Shooting of 2 Detroit Officers to Slain University Officer, Police Say
Detroit Police confirmed Friday that DNA evidence ties a suspect in the shooting of two Detroit police officers earlier this week to the death of Wayne State police officer Collin Rose.
March 17, 2017
Patrol
DNA Ties Escaped Killers to Cabin
An army of law enforcement officers descended on a wooded area 30 miles west of Dannemora, N.Y., Sunday after police confirmed that DNA evidence removed from a hunting camp a day earlier was linked to two murderers on the lam who escaped from prison.
June 22, 2015
Technology
Forensic Scientists Link Suspect's DNA to Dallas Rape in 'Shotgun Bandit' Trial
The prosecution introduced two forensic scientists who testified about DNA they said linked Ledbetter to the 2006 rape in Far North Dallas. Defense attorneys attempted to undermine the scientific evidence, asking if another lab might have come up with a different conclusion.
October 14, 2009
Technology
Male-Specific DNA Test Yields Clues in Texas Criminal Cases
A progressive type of testing that separates male DNA profiles from those of females is helping the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office start solving sexual assaults and other crimes that previously yielded inconclusive results. The new male-specific DNA test zeroes in on minute amounts of biological evidence, such as saliva, skin cells or a trace of semen.
January 4, 2010
Patrol
German Cops Use Ear Prints To Catch Serial Burglar
Police in Germany have linked a Macedonian man to 96 burglaries using fingerprints, DNA evidence, and ear prints.
April 30, 2012
Weapons
L.A. County Sheriff's Officials Acknowledge that Genetic Evidence in 5,635 Rape Cases May be Untested
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under pressure from county supervisors and watchdog groups to account for its handling of DNA evidence from sexual assault cases, acknowledged Wednesday it did not know whether genetic evidence from more than 5,600 rape cases had been examined.
November 12, 2008
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