In 1247, Song Ci, a Chinese medicolegist, wrote the first monograph for modern forensics called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. The main aim of Song Ci was to preserve human life, and the ...

Blood stains may soon be able to give forensic analysts a crucial piece of information: the age of the victim. A new method devised by University at Albany chemists Kyle Doty and Igor Lednev was ...

The Virginia Department of Forensic Science (VDFS) recently released a report regarding its federal funded study to research reliable testing methods for detecting THC in blood. DFS was originally ...

When comparing bullets or cartridge cases, a forensic firearms examiner can offer an expert opinion as to whether or not they match. But they cannot express the strength of the evidence numerically, ...

Forensic entomology harnesses the life cycles and behaviours of insects to provide critical evidence in death investigations, particularly for estimating the post‐mortem interval (PMI). At its core, ...

A pair of pants and an electrical cord were the focus of testimony Thursday in the trial of a Johnston County man accused of torturing and killing 4-year-old Teghan Skiba almost four years ago. A pair ...