Currently, investigators rely on the outer appearance of maggots and the presence of eggs on decomposing bodies to estimate people's death dates. However, researchers at Miami’s Florida International University (FIU) have found that by observing maggots’ genes and metabolic changes,

DNA testing identified a mother and daughter nearly three decades after their remains were found on Long Island. • A 66-year-old man living in Ruskin is now charged with their murders and is facing extradition to New York.

A Midland man is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child after police say DNA linked him to his 14-year-old daughter’s pregnancy, affidavit says.

COLORADO, USA — An investigation into a former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA analyst has prosecutors in open cases that she worked on trying to figure out what to do if she is unable to testify at trial. About a year ago, CBI announced that Missy ...

The investigation into the murder of Yara Gambirasio was one of the most extensive and highly publicized in Italian criminal history, and its findings are still disputed today. After three years and tens of thousands of DNA samples later, police arrested ...

NORTHEAST OHIO — The Athens serial rapist terrorized women for 10 years in this college town in southeast Ohio. He was finally caught and sent to prison last year, thanks to powerful forensic tools used by DNA experts who helped crack the case.

A tiny sample of DNA on a discarded cigarette butt - perfectly preserved for more than two decades - finally proved to be the missing piece of the jigsaw that unlocked the true horrors of Jennifer Kie

A decomposed body was discovered near the Hindustan Machine Tools premises in Kalamassery, believed to be missing Suraj Lama, who was last seen in early October after being deported from Kuwait. DNA tests are awaited for confirmation,