PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- For 65 years the nation has been waiting for investigators to determine the identity of the boy who became known as America's Unknown Child or "The Boy in the Box." Now, we know ...

A forensic consultant says that investigators may use new DNA techniques to identify the human remains found in Hickory Hill ...

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A forensic scientist testified in a Riverhead courtroom Wednesday that the scientific methods used to link DNA from degraded hair samples found with the remains of several Gilgo Beach homicide victims ...

This means there is a need to develop new analytical techniques to enrich forensic science subfields like toxicology, trace evidence, and chemistry. All of these fields work together to create a ...

While they remain a singularly popular pop-culture genre, the police and court procedurals that draw the eyes and attention of television viewers on a daily basis have, unfortunately, given most ...

Modern forensic techniques could solve the murders of a young mother and her two children who died 30 years ago, police believe. Diane Jones, 21, and her daughters Shauna, two, and Sarah-Jane, one, ...

Volunteers are swimming in the sea to help science conserve some of the world's rarest fish. Scuba divers and snorkelers are among those helping to identify endangered species, such as giant ...

Despite the popularity of cop shows about investigators bringing criminals to justice based on a few fingernail clippings and a dropped tissue, the track record of forensic evidence is spotty at best.

The University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center is expanding with a new facility to triple case capacity and seek ...

Nancy Guthrie's case turns a corner as investigators turn to digital forensics and genetic genealogy to break the deadlock. Fresh forensic analysis in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance has uncovered ...

In 1994, Kevin Keith was sentenced to death in Ohio for a triple homicide, as recounted in Kim Kardashian’s new podcast The System. Keith was scheduled to be executed in September 2010, but just ...