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Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth

  • Jul 19

Texas True Crime: Someone She Knew

  • May 21

Event held to help searching families find missing loved ones

  • May 3

Nancy Guthrie latest: Recovered glove is dead-end

  • Mar 5

WWII Navigator identified and laid to rest in Beaumont

  • Mar 5

Coupling may have happened more with human females, Neanderthal males

  • Feb 27

Cold case murder solved 44 years later using DNA from cigarette

  • Feb 23

4 men formally exonerated in infamous 1991 yogurt shop killings

  • Feb 19

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Annual event held to help searching families in Houston find missing loved ones

  • May 3
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4 men formally exonerated in infamous 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings

  • Feb 19
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Montgomery County Sheriff's Office joins rapid DNA technology pilot program for faster crime solving

  • Sep 13, 2025
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13 Unsolved: DNA and determination help charge convicted rapist in 2 cold case murders

  • Nov 2, 2024
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AJ Armstrong case among hundreds flagged after DNA software tech issue

  • Jul 31, 2024
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Galveston man washed ashore identified nearly 3 years later from DNA testing

  • Apr 18, 2023
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Body found on Galveston beach in 2020 identified as exchange student

  • Apr 17, 2023
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SOLVED: Body discovered on Galveston beach on Mother's Day 2020 identified, officials confirm

  • Apr 16, 2023

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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

James D. Watson, who co-discovered of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953, has died. He was 97.

  • Nov 7, 2025

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office joins rapid DNA technology pilot program for faster crime solving

When it comes to catching criminals, every minute counts. Rapid DNA technology can analyze DNA samples in less than two hours, a stark contrast to the traditional process that can take days or even months.

  • Sep 13, 2025

Scientists still working to make 9/11 DNA matches 24 years later

"The rumbling, it was the loudest, most violent time of my life," said Mark Desire.

  • Sep 11, 2025

Critical DNA evidence to be allowed in Gilgo Beach serial killer case, judge rules

A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to the murders of at least seven victims.

  • Sep 3, 2025
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Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials

A state judge is weighing whether to allow the DNA evidence generated through Astrea Forensics' whole genome sequencing into the criminal trial of Rex Heuermann

  • Sep 1, 2025