DNA

DNA links San Ramon man to 2014 UCSB rape

Police from the University of California at Santa Barbara arrested a 21-year-old San Ramon man Wednesday in connection with a…

8 years ago

DNA clears Arizona man of 1983 murder

A 68-year-old who was arrested and charged last year with a 1983 sexual assault and murder in Pacifica has been…

8 years ago

Man faces life for 2012 Halloween stabbing

A Santa Rosa man faces 26 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Monday morning for the first-degree…

8 years ago

DNA links original suspect to 1983 murder

A man initially set free for the murder of a 19-year-old woman found at Pescadero State Beach more than 30…

9 years ago

SF cold case linked to John Wayne Gacy

The young victim in an unsolved 1979 San Francisco homicide has been identified as a victim of infamous Chicago-area serial…

9 years ago

Bones at park belong to man missing since 2010

Authorities have confirmed that DNA results from human remains found a year and a half ago at a Windsor park…

9 years ago

DA launches probe into law enforcement misconduct

District Attorney George Gascon announced Monday that he has created a task force to investigate separate cases of misconduct in…

9 years ago

DNA convicts man in 1983 rape, murder

A man on trial for raping and murdering a teenage girl more than three decades ago was found guilty of…

9 years ago

Lake Merced mystery body was a female

The San Francisco medical examiner's office announced that a body pulled from the waters at Lake Merced last month is…

9 years ago

Court labels DNA collection illegal search

For a second time, a state appeals court struck down a California law that requires police to collect DNA samples.

9 years ago

Cat DNA tapped as crime-fighting tool

Forensic scientists are set to publish Britain's first database of cat DNA so that it can be used for solving…

11 years ago

Really big viruses are a really big deal

Two newfound viruses are twice as large as the previous record-holders and may represent a completely new life form.

11 years ago

DNA cracks 1983 McLaren Park murder

A DNA match has led to an arrest in a grisly murder that helped give McLaren Park its dangerous reputation.

12 years ago

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