GEORGIA - Last week, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System recorded its 6,000th state offender hit. CODIS contains DNA profiles from evidence collected in criminal ...

A medical examiner in Texas confirms a homicide victim also has been raped. The DNA evidence is entered into the FBI Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and gets a "hit" in another state.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Some sexual assault victims could soon get justice. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirms they have matched 10 of the state's previously untested rape kits to profiles ...

On April 21, 2021, one of the most successful investigative tools available to U.S. law enforcement reached a major milestone: the 20 millionth DNA profile was contributed to the national DNA database ...

The Texas Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) Lab set records last year for the number of DNA cold hits in one year and in the process, Texas passed a huge milestone -- recording the 1,000th in-state ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) program recently passed a new milestone, the 10,000th offender cold hit, which are unexpected DNA matches that help solve ...

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: After 12 days of an exhaustive search, the Suffolk County police has wrapped up the investigation of the residence belonging to Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the infamous Gilgo ...

The Case of the Bloody Brick In March 2003, a drunk in southern England threw a brick off a bridge late at night, striking and killing a truck driver traveling along the freeway below. Armed with DNA ...

Harold Finch and John Reese track potential crime victims using secret databases and a ubiquitous surveillance infrastructure in the new series Person of Interest. Their world is filled with street ...