CHARLOTTE — StarMed Healthcare has launched a private forensic DNA lab to help solve sexual assault cases faster. Arin Piramzadian, Starmed’s Chief Medical Officer, said the new lab will work with ...

Hundreds of thousands of rape kits are estimated to sit untested in police departments nationwide, according to the Joyful Heart Foundation, a group that helps sexual assault victims. This is due in ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Charleston County officials are planning to bring a DNA lab to the region, giving investigators and prosecutors newfound hope for cracking cases dependent on biological evidence.

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Fifteen years ago, the state crime lab in Connecticut was in disarray. A high-profile, Yale University murder case had been postponed while lawyers awaited DNA and other evidence. A serial rapist had ...

AncestryDNA and 23andMe are two of the most popular DNA testing companies in the world. Both companies offer DNA kits that reveal information about someone's ethnic makeup, family history, and genetic ...

A sexual assault kit was collected at the time, but the case was later dropped because of insufficient evidence.

A dashboard created by the North Carolina Department of Justice breaks down the process of working through the sexual assault evidence backlog, including which counties have the most untested kits and ...

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