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 ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...

As the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continues in Arizona, investigators are turning to a South Florida forensic lab to analyze key evidence in the case.

Here's what we know about a South Florida DNA lab chosen over Quantico to analyze evidence in the Nancy Guthrie abduction.

A forensic DNA analyst prepares a sample for analysis. Credit: Fred W. Baker/Department of Defense The National Institute of Standards ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston Police Department announced they are officially launching a DNA Laboratory. The DNA lab has been accepting evidence since March 2025 following a multi-year ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) — Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s forensic laboratory. South Carolina Law Enforcement’s ...

A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in forensic testing are stalling prosecutions, stretching court ...