How CMPD used new DNA technology to crack 35-year-old cold case

Investigators said on Thursday advanced software allowed crime lab analysts to reexamine old evidence and strengthen the case ...
Yahoo

Forensic crime labs are buckling as new technology increases demand

A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...
The Baltimore Sun

FOX45: How Baltimore Police are using drones to capture crime scenes

The Baltimore Police Forensic team is proving there’s more to documenting crime scenes than meets the eye. Crime lab technician Megan Descalzi started the drone unit in the Baltimore Police Forensics ...
foxbaltimore

State calls crime lab technicians to testify in Edmondson-Westside mass shooting trial

Efforts to tighten oversight of Maryland’s nonprofit organizations have stalled in Annapolis, even as critics say the state’s laws and enforcement leave the sec Maryland sheriffs head to DC for new ...
KSAT

The new technology affecting hundreds of backlogged DNA cases at Bexar County’s crime lab

BEXAR COUNTY – A deep dive into the Bexar County Criminal Investigation Lab’s backlogs ends with a look into DNA analysis cases. KSAT’s Courtney Friedman looked into backlogs in all three divisions of ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Crime lab technician: Articles moved at Isom crime scene

CROWN POINT | He didn't move them, but items at the crime scene were moved at different junctures of the investigation into Lake County's ongoing capital case, a crime lab technician testified ...

Common myths about forensic science (CSI effect)

Forensic science has fascinated the world for decades. From TV shows like CSI to crime thrillers, it’s often portrayed as a magical tool that can instantly solve any crime. But the real world of ...