Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...

After the men fled the scene ... evidence collection kit was performed. That kit wasn’t tested for decades, according to the DA. In 2019, the kit was sent to the Massachusetts State Police Crime ...

"If you buy my fingerprint kit, you can play ... or so to purchase gun evidence boxes," Arriola said. "We also get the police departments come in." Even crime scene cleaners go to the store.

A man has been charged more than 35 years after a woman was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in Washtenaw County.

The first rape kits were given to hospitals in 1978. Chicago was the testing ground. According to a Tribune article from the ...

Dateline NBC's episode called "The Evil That Watches" first aired on September 24, 2021, based on the true events of the ...

When a terrible crime occurs – for example, a multiple killing – people often hold two contradictory reactions in their minds ...

Eduardo Mendez, 51, of Guatemala, was sentenced to serve 15 to 20 years after being convicted of aggravated rape in a cold case.

A Middle Georgia lawmaker Monday filed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to swab for DNA of people arrested with felony charges before they are actually found guilty. This is ...

New techniques used to analyze old evidence have helped solve cold cases in recent years. In 2018, authorities compared crime scene DNA ... In 2020, a rape kit that was tested after being ...