The Denver Police Department plans to retest 13 cases that were worked on by former forensic analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after authorities said her manipulation of DNA data raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases. Police have not found evidence that Woods handled any DNA data in the infamous JonBenét Ramsey case, but Ramsey's father is still calling for outside retesting. Forensic DNA expert Suzanna Ryan joins "NewsNation Live" to explain how Woods was able to tamper with evidence for so long. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays.…
Three law enforcement agencies are now actively investigating the 1993 killing of Shelley Watkins after a forensic DNA advance cracked open a cold case that went dormant when a corruption scandal derailed the original prosecution. Shelley Watkins was 35 years old, a mother of two small girls, one four, one just 18 months, when she […] The post DNA breakthrough revives 33-year-old Texas murder case of mother who vanished on Labor Day weekend appeared first on American Almanac .
Three law enforcement agencies are now actively investigating the 1993 killing of Shelley Watkins after a forensic DNA advance cracked open a cold case that went dormant when a corruption scandal derailed the original prosecution. Shelley Watkins was 35 years old, a mother of two small girls, one four, one just 18 months, when she disappeared from her home in Corsicana, Texas, on the night of September 6, 1993. Seven days later, fishermen pulled her body from the Trinity River. She had been struck at least eight times in the back of the head, bore a ligature mark on her throat, and was wrapped in plastic, bound with duct tape, and weighed down with two concrete cinder blocks. For more than three decades, no one has been held accountable.…Open
Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore talks about how additional DNA testing on evidence found in Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home could turn up a profile of a suspect that wasn’t previously detected. Watch this full episode of "The Truth of the Matter": https://youtu.be/qdLgNZexpwo #NancyGuthrie #DNAtesting #truecrime
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A 28-year-old asylum seeker is on trial for allegedly posing as a teenager on Snapchat to groom and rape a 13-year-old schoolgirl, with DNA evidence reportedly linking him to the crime.
A 28-year-old asylum seeker is on trial for allegedly posing as a teenager on Snapchat to groom and rape a 13-year-old schoolgirl, with DNA evidence reportedly linking him to the crime . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Abdul Khan, 28, is standing trial at Nottingham Crown Court facing nine charges, including rape , sexual communication with a child, and meeting a child following grooming , all of which he denies. Prosecutors say the asylum seeker posed as a 14-year-old named “Abs” on Snapchat and befriended a 13-year-old Nottingham schoolgirl who told him she was also 14. DETAIL: After exchanging messages, they met at a tram stop on May 14 last year, with the girl surprised that the Afghan’s appearance did not match the photos…Open
Bryan Kohberger, sentenced to four consecutive life terms for stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, now wants to take back his guilty plea, and a veteran defense attorney says the effort faces "a monumental uphill battle." Kohberger filed a handwritten petition from Idaho Maximum Security Penitentiary seeking to withdraw the plea he entered […] The post Bryan Kohberger faces steep legal odds in bid to undo guilty plea for Idaho student murders appeared first on American Almanac .
Bryan Kohberger, sentenced to four consecutive life terms for stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, now wants to take back his guilty plea, and a veteran defense attorney says the effort faces "a monumental uphill battle." Kohberger filed a handwritten petition from Idaho Maximum Security Penitentiary seeking to withdraw the plea he entered in July 2025, a deal that spared him from potential execution by firing squad in exchange for life without parole. In the filing, he claims his attorneys manipulated him with false promises about prison conditions, misrepresented what life on death row would look like, and told him his plea "need not be truthful, despite petitioner's vehement denial of actual guilt," AP News reported . …Open
Bryan Kohberger's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in the Idaho student murders has triggered a remarkable demand from the forensic scientist who once worked for his own defense, put his former lawyers under oath and make them explain what they knew. Brent Turvey, a forensic expert who traveled to Moscow, Idaho, to examine crime-scene […] The post Kohberger's former forensic expert demands defense lawyers testify under oath about hidden hair evidence appeared first on American Almanac .
Bryan Kohberger's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in the Idaho student murders has triggered a remarkable demand from the forensic scientist who once worked for his own defense, put his former lawyers under oath and make them explain what they knew. Brent Turvey, a forensic expert who traveled to Moscow, Idaho, to examine crime-scene evidence before Kohberger's sentencing, says hair strands recovered from one victim's bed were never DNA-tested, and that the FBI's own lab excluded Kohberger as their source based on physical examination alone. Now Turvey wants Kohberger's former lead attorney, Anne Taylor, and her co-counsel to answer questions in sworn testimony about why that evidence never reached their client in a way he understood…Open
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admits the probe into 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been slowed by months of “complex and time-intensive” analysis, and as the six-month mark nears, her family and the public continue to wait for answers. Six months have passed since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Catalina Hills, a well-to-do […] The post Sheriff cites lengthy DNA and digital evidence review as Nancy Guthrie search hits six months appeared first on American Almanac .
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admits the probe into 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been slowed by months of “complex and time-intensive” analysis, and as the six-month mark nears, her family and the public continue to wait for answers. Six months have passed since Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home in Catalina Hills, a well-to-do suburb of Tucson, Arizona. The investigation, led by Sheriff Nanos and involving both local police and the FBI, remains without an arrest, despite a vast trove of DNA, digital, and video evidence collected since February 1, 2026. As Sheriff Nanos put it, “The Guthrie investigation remains active and ongoing.” At a recent press conference, Nanos described the scope of the evidence…Open
