Kirsty Wright hated science in school, but her unconventional career path has led her to use DNA profiling in high-profile criminal cases.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong ...

Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s ...

Every day, more than 100 people are working at our state forensics lab to solve crimes. However, a lot of that work happens behind closed doors. This week, the team is peeling back the curtain for ...

The state’s forensic lab played a crucial role in tying two firearms to the Brown University shooting in Rhode Island earlier this month and the subsequent killing of a professor in Massachusetts. “We ...

Mar. 21—Niagara County's forensics laboratory has been served by a state oversight commission with a series of serious violations, including allegations that the lab misrepresented information, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Forensic Laboratory is working to cut down on its backlog of DNA cases. Toward that challenge, securing grant money would help the cause. Sedgwick County ...

The analysis that raised eyebrows at the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory involved a drive-by shooting that killed a Massachusetts man in Pawtucket in 2021. Some criminalists at the nationally ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — A new regional forensic laboratory is now complete in the Lowcountry, with local leaders saying it could help reduce DNA backlogs and move criminal investigations ...

When a red cooler arrived in the forensics lab at the School of Dental Medicine in early 2015, no one imagined its contents would lead to a UB professor’s appearance on “Unsolved Mysteries” almost a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When a red cooler arrived in the forensics lab at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in early 2015, no one imagined its contents would lead to a UB professor’s ...