CASE UPDATE: In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers, a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Texas yogurt shop murders. Brashers, who is deceased, ...
DNA profiling, as it has been known since 1994, has been used in the criminal justice system since the late 1980s, and was originally termed "DNA fingerprinting." The DNA in every human is very ...
Forensic DNA analysis can provide conclusive evidence to trace specific individuals to a crime scene and has been instrumental in solving cold cases, exonerating the wrongfully accused and bringing ...
The DNA of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at an off-campus home in Moscow last fall, is a “statistical match” to DNA collected from the sheath ...
Short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping is a leading method for DNA analysis. STR profiling is usually performed through a method known as capillary electrophoresis, wherein fluorescently-labeled DNA ...
SEATTLE — Since the arrest of suspected Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger's arrest nearly two weeks ago, authorities have released several key details of how police linked him to the crime, including the ...
PowerPlex® 35GY System is the first commercially available 8-color STR kit for forensic DNA analysis Approval indicates the kit is suitable for generating profiles to be uploaded into the National DNA ...
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerPlex® 35GY System, the first 8-color STR analysis chemistry, has been approved by the FBI for use in the National DNA Index System (NDIS). This approval indicates ...