Suffolk police's assistant chief constable Alice Scott said Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STR) profiling was used ...

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The Y-STR technique finds DNA that is passed down through the paternal side and was used to link Wright to Victoria's body (Image: Suffolk Police) Police worked with Cellmark Forensic Services which ...

A jury will begin deliberations Monday in the murder trial of Edrick Faust, accused of the 2001 slaying of UGA law student Tara Baker.

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This 12-mile walk is a choice for me, my sister and my niece; all of us have traveled many miles to be here today. But walking is also what people do when they have nothing left to lose.

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The state rested its case against accused killer Edrick Faust on Wednesday after testimony about DNA being found on Tara Baker's body linking Faust to the crime. The state also played the GBI's ...

A woman in Australia grew up believing her father’s family perished in the Holocaust until a MyHeritage DNA test sparked a remarkable discovery. Adriana Turk, 74, from Merimbula, adored her father. “I ...

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. But evidence has ...