You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is taking significant steps to address a growing backlog in firearms forensics cases, which has been straining the capacity of its crime laboratories ...

Himad Beg, P.E., Principal Forensic Engineer at HUB Engineering, is a Board-Certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering with over 23 years of experience and 1,000+cases investigated. He provides ...

It was the afternoon of April 24, 2018, when Sacramento police made the monumental arrest of 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo, widely known as the Golden State Killer. DeAngelo was a notorious burglar, ...

A team of researchers has developed a radical new technique for analyzing evidence in sexual assault cases. The new approach could streamline the forensics pipeline and reduce delays in the processing ...

A baby found inside a bus terminal locker, a dead man whose fingerprints belonged to someone else — Jessica Campbell’s laboratory is filled with mysteries and unanswered questions. A forensic ...

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry ...

For decades, proving phone use in commercial trucking accidents meant working with incomplete information. Attorneys would examine basic phone bills and argue over whether a text message received ...

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