NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Gallatin family is one step closer to finding closure after their loved one disappeared 39 years ago, all thanks to the University of North Texas Center for Human ...

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 ...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Thursday, the 1983 rape conviction of Richard Luna was vacated after recent DNA testing of evidence collected at the time proved the perpetrator was someone else.

Recently, my dad discovered a family secret: In the 1960s, one of his first cousins, now deceased, fathered a previously unknown child with a woman who placed the baby for adoption. The records were ...

This story is part of Longing for Justice, a series that examines how the New Orleans criminal court is plagued by homicide case delays. Read more here. A lasting fix remains years away for what ...

Advanced DNA testing has confirmed that human remains found nearly 50 years ago in Lee County were those of a man named Charles Howard Wallace, the Arkansas State Police announced on Friday. The ...

AUSTIN The Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Crime Laboratory Division announces the implementation of the state’s new Limited Consent for DNA Testing Program for sexual assault survivors. The ...

A lab that handles tens of thousands of dollars worth of DNA testing in police investigations plans to soon stop accepting out-of-state samples, a move that officials say poses a problem for Arkansas ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...