The man who raped and killed 22-year-old Katie Sepich walked free for three years, while his DNA sat in a law enforcement database with no match. Jayann Sepich, angered that her daughter’s killer wasn ...

Texas sexual-assault survivors now have a quieter route to forensic DNA testing that does not require calling the police. A ...

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Fingerprints or DNA which is more effective in case? As someone who has worked in the crime scene investigation field, this is a question that has been posed to me more than once. The increase in ...

WASHINGTON, DC (10/8/21) --- Pure Gold Forensics, Southern California’s only accredited, private forensic DNA laboratory, will begin using STRmix™ forensic software to resolve mixed DNA profiles in ...

In an era where public faith in science is growing—and misinformation spreads even faster—DNA testing has become the modern gold standard for truth. Courtrooms treat it as the ultimate “silent witness ...