Rapid crime scene DNA test results now aid King County investigators, transforming investigative processes in Washington.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is expected to get new pieces of DNA technology to avoid long wait times from the state's crime lab and to get quicker hits on crime suspects. With the new ...

“It can take several weeks at a major lab to do what this machine can do in one day,” Michelle Welch said. Welch and Kaitlyn Nicholson are two of the three people at the crime lab who are qualified to ...

The King County Sheriff’s Office has acquired a $230,000 Rapid DNA machine that can process crime scene evidence in approximately 90 minutes, a task that previously took weeks or months at the state ...

BEAVER, Pa. — Closing more cases faster is the goal of a new rapid DNA machine in Beaver County. “So we are swabbing the ridges for any rough spots of the gun where skin cells may collect,” a ...

MERIDEN - Two desktop machines, each small enough to sit on a table in a small room in the state's forensic crime lab, became unlikely tools in the investigation into the deadly mass shooting at Brown ...

NEW ORLEANS — With thousands of untested DNA samples in its warehouse, there is no question the NOPD needs a faster way to process forensic evidence. It is a problem almost two decades in the making ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Forensic Laboratory is working to cut down on its backlog of DNA cases. Toward that challenge, securing grant money would help the cause. Sedgwick County ...