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A pair of men already serving life behind bars have been charged in two Tampa Bay-area cold case murders thanks to DNA evidence that previously helped exonerate a death row inmate.
In 1990, a violent murder of a young student in Brno was the first criminal case in Czechoslovakia solved by DNA evidence, with the murderer sentenced to 23 years in prison. [101] [102] In 1992, DNA from a palo verde tree was used to convict Mark Alan Bogan of murder. DNA from seed pods of a tree at the crime scene was found to match that of ...
The chief said a “firm DNA profile” of James Vanest, at the time Miller's 26-year-old upstairs neighbor, emerged from evidence left from the room. Vanest had been questioned but never identified as a suspect during the initial investigation, which became mired in allegations of potential police misconduct.
The researchers used data from 17 actual cases to test their model. In each case, the target’s DNA—that of the suspect or the victim—produced anywhere from 200 to 5,000 matches.
State authorities in Denmark, for example, routinely follow up and assist local departments, resulting in a 98% case closure rate. Federal and state law enforcement only assist in the U.S. upon ...
Defense forensic DNA expert Dr. Henry Lee published Blood Evidence: How DNA Is Revolutionizing The Way We Solve Crimes (2003), writing that the cross-contamination theory was implausible, as well as maintaining his lack of belief in the claim that police planting evidence. He also opines that the jury may not have understood the DNA evidence ...
The key to solving JonBenét Ramsey's murder could lie in evidence found at the scene nearly 30 years ago.. When police searched the 6-year-old’s home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996, they ...
DNA from an unknown male was extracted in 2003 from a piece of evidence in Becker's case in connection with the rape, and an unknown male profile was generated, police said.