DNA testing

Ohio has its first success in identifying skeletal remains using a technology not previously available to the state's crime labs.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office plans to use open source genealogical databases to help identify “stranger rapists” — people who’ve been indicted as John Does for sexual assault but haven’t been identified. The prosecutor’s office indicts the DNA profile collected from a rape kit to ensure the statute of limitations doesn’t expire.

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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man on death row who claims he was wrongfully convicted should be given the complete DNA profile from a…

Police have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping and attempted abduction of two Northeast Ohio girls this year, an arrest that began with a new technology…

Ohio is going to be using some new technology to help solve missing persons cases. Attorney General Mike DeWine says sometimes, when bodies are…