MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is receiving around $3 million in federal funding to help find justice for crime victims. Most of the grant will fund several initiatives ...

Two different crimes in two cities more than 1,600 apart, but DNA technology connected the dots and helped police make an arrest in a sexual assault investigation in New Haven.

The DNA profile of Marshawn Edwards never should have been entered into the national DNA database, his lawyers argue. But it was, and based partly on its inclusion in the database in 2018, the 26-year ...

It was the middle of Jenna Gerwatowski’s workday at the local flower shop in Newberry, Michigan, when she got a call from an unknown number. The now 23-year-old doesn’t usually answer unknown calls, ...

A new statewide, searchable cold case database sparked a new lead in a 19-year-old murder investigation Friday. “I just got a tip,” Virginia State Police Special Agent Douglas Hubert said. “On the ...

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Photo by James Carbone-Pool/Getty Images Now, that lab’s work is the focus of a pivotal decision in the closely watched case. A state judge is weighing ... Astrea Forensics uses reference data from an ...