forensic DNA testing

Fecal DNA helps police arrest a California burglary suspect, the Ventura County Star reports.

An opinion piece appearing in Newsday likens familial DNA searches to stop-and-frisk policies.

According to the AP, local police departments are creating their own DNA databases.

A familial DNA search closed a more than 40-year-old murder case, the Washington Post reports.

New York is weighing allowing familial DNA searches, according to the New York Times.

New York officials are considering the use of a familial DNA search to get a lead on a suspect in the strangulation death of a runner.

Familial DNA searches in criminal cases are winning over some critics, the Los Angeles Times reports.

In Genome Research this week: pangolin genome sequencing study, postmortem genetic screening of sudden unexplained death, and more.