You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

Forensic engineering has come a long way since Wiss Janney Elstner Associates was featured on the cover of ENR in 1972. For its 150th anniversary, ENR looks back at how problem-solving and ...

In 1964, 1-day-old Paul Fronczak was kidnapped from the Chicago hospital where he was born. In 1965, the FBI believed they had found him abandoned in a shopping mall and returned him to his parents.

In 1994, Kevin Keith was sentenced to death in Ohio for a triple homicide, as recounted in Kim Kardashian’s new podcast The System. Keith was scheduled to be executed in September 2010, but just ...

Since 2019, Woodlands-based forensics lab Othram has identified hundreds of victims and suspects in homicides across the United States. The lab uses forensic-grade genome sequencing and genealogical ...

New research reveals an innovative wildlife forensics method that uses advanced genetic tools and local DNA databases to help authorities solve complex environmental crimes involving multiple species.

The Elgin Police Department has added a new detective to its digital forensics unit and is creating a forensic lab as the number of cases, especially those involving child exploitation, continues to ...