Newcastle Herald Australia
NEW forensic technology has cold case detectives on the verge of solving the murder mystery of a part-time prostitute that chilled Newcastle’s sex industry.
Daily Archives: May 18, 2011
Cold case DNA breakthrough after 25 years
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Posted in Cold Cases
Rapist’s DNA Test Request Backfires On Him
KPHO Arizona
PHOENIX — Talk about a backfire.
Convicted rapist Timothy Boles petitioned for a new DNA test with hopes of clearing his name from a 1988 sexual assault. But investigators told CBS 5 News that the lab results not only confirmed Boles’ conviction, they also linked him to an unsolved 1991 rape case involving a 12-year-old girl.
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Accuracy in lab’s DNA
Brisbane Times Australia
Queensland courts can have greater confidence in DNA test results thanks to a new state-of-the-art sample tracking system and a lab upgrade, a forensic director says.
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Knox father: DNA experts missing key info from Italy police
AFP
ROME — The father of Amanda Knox, the American woman convicted for the murder of a British student in Italy, said Wednesday that DNA experts for the appeal were missing key information held by Italian police.
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Posted in Current Cases
RI Senate votes to expand criminal DNA testing
Boston.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Anyone arrested for a violent crime in Rhode Island would have to submit a DNA sample to authorities under a bill approved by the state Senate.
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Posted in DNA Legislation