Here's a scenario: police take a blood sample from a crime scene. They compare the DNA to that of convicted criminals, but get no match. But they find someone with similar DNA, and that leads them to ...

News listened to investigators who have put this new technology to use -- submitting cigarette butts left behind at a ...

A DNA project spearheaded by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office helped police collect and log thousands of criminal DNA profiles into the United States database, solving dozens of unsolved ...

(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report ...

Advocates for Indigenous people with missing family members are calling for action. Murdered and Missing Indigenous People chapters in Oklahoma are asking families to submit DNA to help identify ...

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed forward a bill that would require arrestees to provide a DNA sample upon arrest. Senate Bill 422 amends the current law, ...