DNA profile

Father of two charged with rape attack is refused bail  -  21 Aug 2007
Belfast Telegraph,She was examined by police and a DNA profile was taken from semen found on her. The profile was entered into a national database but at the time,

New test may help nab sex offender  -  21 Aug 2007
The Daily Post,..."We already have a DNA profile that we have not been able to marry up with someone. We have still got it sitting there so hopefully it will come up at some

New developments in Bennett case  -  21 Aug 2007
WPDE,However, now police are sending Kynande's DNA profile to New Jersey to see if her DNA matches that of a body found there.

Man describes murder charge as ‘ridiculous’  -  21 Aug 2007
Benton County Daily Record,DNA testing determined that the DNA profile from the blood and bones came from the same source. Joel Bullard is also charged with domestic battering in the

Conway police are revisiting the case of a missing 4-year-old.  -  21 Aug 2007
South Carolina Now,Conway police said it could take from six months to a year to get the results of the DNA profile. Conway police said the Kynande Bennett case is the city's

DNA profile for cold case killer  -  Aug 20, 2007
BBC News,Detectives investigating two unsolved murders that took place in a Kent town 20 years ago think they now have a DNA profile of the killer.

Tracing Baby Lilly's mother  -  Aug 17, 2007
BBC News,Getting a DNA profile both of Lilly and then her mother proved to be a tall order which took weeks and weeks. "Because of the decomposition of the body it

San Jose cops wake up dormant case files In Bay Area and beyond ...  -  Aug 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Police hand the samples to a crime lab, which analyzes the evidence and generates a DNA profile. The lab then runs the profile through as many as three

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Selected for 2007’s ‘Best ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Any individual can query the SMGF database for genetic-genealogy information for free by obtaining his or her DNA profile from a commercial genomics

Bodily remains  -  Aug 17, 2007
The Age,It was a DNA profile produced from biological material left on a disposable glove that led to Howden pleading guilty and receiving a six-year jail sentence.

Sky News reporter  -  Aug 9, 2007
Sky News,The smallest sample of human cells can provide a DNA profile, and if they aren't damaged, DNA can be recovered decades later. Heat and moisture accelerate

New DNA profile 'every 45 seconds'  -  Aug 2, 2007
Channel 4 News,The Government was today accused of a "headlong rush" towards a surveillance state after it emerged a new profile is added to the national DNA database

Filmmakers try to solve mystery of Mad Trapper  -  Aug 19, 2007
CTV.ca,Gour and her colleagues want to get a DNA profile of Johnson, and then appeal to anyone who might be a relative to submit their own genetic material and see

News in Brief  -  Aug 20, 2007
Times Online,Detectives believe they may have found the DNA profile of a person who killed two women 20 years ago - after finding a shoeprint on the blouse of one victim

Caught by science  -  Aug 4, 2007
Malaysia Star,If there is no match, the DNA profile is stored in a computer, to be used for future references. In one instance, a taxi driver was linked to six rape cases

DNA evidence vital to solve crimes - Former AG  -  Jul 29, 2007
Ceylon Daily News,In the matter of Leslie John Wakefield, the Crown Prosecutor had used the expression ‘genetic fingerprint’ to describe a DNA profile. The analyst RJ Goetz,

'I wasn't there', says rape victim  -  Aug 1, 2007
Independent Online,Botha explained that according to statistical analysis it was nearly impossible for the DNA profile of Shelembe and Mchunu to be linked to another person.

Slaying probe grows colder  -  Aug 5, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Later, the same DNA profile was matched to another sexual assault, as well as a 1996 rape of a 13-year-old Houston girl. Then, about three months ago,

New anti-burglary tools  -  Aug 11, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,...“Most hits result from a match between the DNA profile of evidence in the database,�? O'Donnell said. “This type of hit identifies the perpetrator of the

‘John Doe’ Charged with St. Paul Rape  -  Aug 7, 2007
FOX 9 News,AP A man who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on January 8 th , 2007, in St. Paul , was charged as “John Doe�? based on his DNA profile.

Recent killing leads police to possible serial killer  -  Aug 16, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,So police entered the killer's DNA profile, obtained through semen left at the scene, into the GBI DNA database, hoping for a hit.

DNA 'near matches' spur privacy fight  -  Aug 2, 2007
USA TodayBy Richard Willing, USA TODAY Denver's district attorney wants the DNA profile and identity of a California felon who is a close but not perfect match to

Czech DNA-based test helping to identify war victims  -  Aug 13, 2007
Radio Prague,If you find a DNA profile of an unknown person you can easily once you have all data set the identity of the person. We were basically returning names to

IGENITY: DNA Technology — The Next Generation Of Management Tools  -  Jul 26, 2007
CattleNetwork.com,...“A DNA profile also gives producers and managers a more complete picture of potential performance earlier in an animal’s life.�? Bob Harriman and John Rotert

The following affidavit was filed Thursday in Lincoln County ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Central Maine Morning Sentinel,Jennifer Sabean advised a DNA profile of the blood on the blade of the knife matched JOHN S. OKIE. The estimated probability of selecting an unrelated

Restaurant DNA sample does not match Madeleine  -  Aug 8, 2007
Scotsman,A spokeswoman for the Belgian authorities said the DNA profile had been checked with Belgian and Dutch central DNA databases and had not found any matches.

Lawyers: DNA from McCann sighting is not girl's  -  Aug 8, 2007
USA TodayVandoren said the DNA profile had been checked with Belgian and Dutch central DNA databases and had not found any matches. No vehicle matching the one the

DNA evidence overturns man's rape conviction in 1995 Yakima case  -  Aug 15, 2007
Bellingham Herald,On Tuesday, a three-judge panel in Spokane ruled that a jury likely would have let Bradford go free had it known the DNA profile of another, unknown man was

DNA evidence overturns man's rape conviction in 1995 Yakima case  -  Aug 15, 2007
KNDO/KNDU,An appeals court in Spokane agreed yesterday that a jury would have let Bradford go free had it known the DNA profile of another man was found on a mask

Johns case revisited over time  -  Aug 11, 2007
News-Leader.com,A DNA profile developed in January allegedly links Carnahan to the crime, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case.

DNA links inmate to 10-year-old sex crime  -  Aug 14, 2007
Beatrice Daily Sun,Field's DNA profile registered a match to the 1997 case, McCulloch said. A second test confirmed the same results. McCulloch said he will alert authorities

DNA key in dung deal to save Cambodian elephants  -  Aug 2, 2007
The Age,Because each animal has a unique DNA profile, the scientists can use genetic testing to work out numbers. The size of the droppings provides clues about age

Man in prison on robbery conviction charged in woman's death  -  Jul 25, 2007
KSWO,An unknown male DNA profile was developed from blood evidence found at the scene. The profile was entered into the Combined DNA Indexing System database and

COVER- Arrested! A decade after first known attack, serial rape ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
The Hook,Aside from a smattering of traffic tickets, a search of Virginia court records turned up a clean history for Washington, which means there is no DNA profile

Bedazzled by DNA - is it enough to convict?  -  Aug 8, 2007
On Line opinion,This is what is known in the profession as the “prosecutor’s fallacy�? - the fallacy being that the rarity of the DNA profile is equated to the likelihood of

LN: Czech DNA-based method helps identify war victims  -  Aug 12, 2007
Prague Daily Monitor,Each sample is fitted with a bar code and send to the laboratory when scientists ground it and "read" the DNA profile that is then compared with the

DNA Identified Latest 9/11 Victim  -  Jul 25, 2007
Washington Post,Bode has patented a new method of DNA extraction that enables the creation of a DNA profile from much less sample material than was required only five years

New DNA Technique Could Nab Rapist  -  Aug 3, 2007
Post ChronicleAt issue is Brown's refusal to allow Denver prosecutor Mitchell Morrissey to use the DNA profile and identity of a California felon to track an unknown

DNA test matches neither murder suspect  -  Aug 2, 2007
Dayton Daily News (subscription),By Tom Beyerlein Forensic scientists have successfully created a DNA profile from semen samples taken from the body and clothing of Springfield murder

Ethical questions raised over DNA-tailored cosmetics  -  Aug 2, 2007
CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com,..."We use Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) to create a DNA profile from which we develop a fragrance unique to the individual tested using our patent pending

Man charged with string of sexual assaults in Rochester  -  Aug 3, 2007
Post-Bulletin,But Santos wasn't charged with the 2006 assaults until police received a report from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that Santos' DNA profile

Man gets four years in prison for sexual assault  -  Aug 10, 2007
Post-Bulletin,Bureau of Criminal Apprehension told Red Wing police that the profile of the DNA sample from the sexual assault case matched Lopez's DNA profile.

DNA in 2000 case leads to indictment in 1998 rape, robbery  -  Jul 26, 2007
2TheAdvocate,His DNA profile was placed in a police database. The arrest warrant says that on Feb. 7, 2005, State Police notified the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Sex

WEB EXTRA - Imprisoned rapist charged with 1992 sex crime in Weymouth  -  Aug 15, 2007
The Patriot Ledger,The charges against Martin D. Lovato, 47, resulted from the matching of DNA evidence from the crime to Lovato’s DNA profile. A Norfolk County grand jury

Accused police officer's lawyer wants new DNA tests in rape cases  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Southern,Messman said prosecutors will likely not oppose the Pelo's bid to compare evidence to the DNA profile of the other man. A hearing on the motion is scheduled

A New Age In Crime-Fighting: DNA  -  Jul 23, 2007
WCPO,And the Milford police department will be waiting. "You can change your name," said Sgt. Mill, "but you can't change your DNA profile."

Madeleine McCann DNA Results, Maddie's Parents Now Under Attack  -  Aug 9, 2007
National Ledger,According to Sky News, Ms Vandoren said the DNA profile had been checked with Belgian and Dutch central DNA databases and had not found any matches.

RAPIST CAUGHT BY DNA SAMPLE  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Cornishman,The case was reopened by Hertfordshire Police last year after new investigative and analysis techniques led to the development of a DNA profile of the

Police, civil rights experts review DNA kits  -  Aug 8, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,Unlike the images in photographs, a person's DNA profile will remain the same throughout time. The kits are used in Greenland. "We started this past year,"

DNA tests rule out Maddie link  -  Aug 8, 2007
Glasgow Evening Times,Ms Vandoren said the DNA profile had been checked with Belgian and Dutch central DNA databases and had not found any matches. Police are still trying to

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