The lab's Rapid DNA section was the first in the nation to obtain national certification as a separate discipline in an audit ...

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 ...

Digital forensics has long been the work of sterile labs and locked rooms. But for federal agents executing search warrants in real homes sometimes in rural areas, sometimes waiting to get evidence ...

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 ...

ABILENE, Texas — Police officers are known best for keeping their communities safe by helping put criminals in jail, but they can’t do it alone. Forensic Science plays a major role in helping solve ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — From analyzing drugs like fentanyl, to testing firearms in tanks of water, the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab enhances public safety in a multitude of ways. On Monday night, ...