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DDC Forensics Helps Innocence Project of Florida with Post-Conviction Case

Blog, DNA science, Forensic DNA TestingBy DDC November 15, 2017 4 Comments

DDC’s forensics division made a huge difference in a post-conviction case out of Florida in the month of October. Here’s the backstory: Dean McKee of Tampa, FL was 16 years old in 1987 when he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of Isiah Walker, a displaced decorated war veteran.…

Forensic DNA Testing by DDC Helps Vacate Conviction

Blog, DNA science, DNA test, Forensic DNA TestingBy DDC July 21, 2017 Leave a comment

DDC, one of the world’s largest private DNA laboratories, features a trusted, highly-regarded forensic DNA testing team. Our fully-accredited forensic laboratory provides unbiased independent forensic DNA testing and consultation services to legal and law-enforcement professionals. One of the high-profile cases DDC Forensics was involved in was recently in the news: here are the details. DNA…

Digging up Dad: Dali and Celebrity Paternity Testing from the Grave

AABB DNA test, Blog, celebrity paternity test, DNA relationship, DNA science, Forensic DNA Testing, Paternity, Paternity TestBy DDC June 28, 2017 2 Comments

On Monday, June 26, a court in Madrid ordered the remains of Salvador Dali to be exhumed. No…it’s not to gather evidence for a crime: it’s because an astrologer and tarot-card reader named Pilar Abel filed a paternity lawsuit, claiming her mother had an affair with the famed surrealist artist in 1955. Celebrity paternity testing…

Prince’s DNA & Paternity Testing

celebrity paternity test, Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis May 10, 2016

The sudden death of music icon Prince has once again left a multi-million dollar estate up in the air, and bought new people forward asking for paternity testing to prove a biological relationship. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office is in possession of Prince’s blood, and is now authorized to provide it to DNA Diagnostics Center…

Rapist Found 20 Years Later by DNA Test

DNA STR Profiling, DNA test, Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis January 20, 2016

A Dutch court is in the sentencing phase of a suspect linked by DNA to seven rapes and as many as 16 sexual assaults from 1995 to 2001. How was he caught? Gerald T was recently tried for a bike theft, and in the process of the arrest, was required to give a DNA sample.…

Are Mouth Swabs Effective for Collecting DNA?

DNA science, DNA test, Forensic DNA Testing, PaternityBy tlewis August 31, 2015

Yes! Mouth swabs are not only effective for collecting DNA, they are the standard for many applications, including paternity testing, forensic testing, and many kinds of DNA identification. The cells collected from the mouth, preferably cheek cells, slough off in great quantity, and can be stored very easily. If you’re in your 40’s, you might…

DNA Testing: Forensic Paternity Test

DNA test, Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis February 18, 2015

You’ve seen this plot on TV shows like Law & Order—a woman mysteriously dies, foul play is suspected, and the autopsy finds the woman is pregnant! A DNA test of the fetus is ordered to find out who the father is, and the results usually help solve the mystery and the crime. There are many…

Courtroom Technology Using DNA Testing

DNA test, Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis July 9, 2014

Over the past two decades, DNA profiling technology has revolutionized many aspects of criminal investigation (while providing material for numerous popular TV shows like C.S.I.). In fact, DNA profiling has largely replaced fingerprinting as the primary and most reliable method of uniquely identifying an individual and placing them at a crime scene. And DNA profiling…

Molly Bish Investigation: Why Do Police Outsource DNA Analysis?

Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis April 30, 2014

On the morning of June 27, 2000, Molly Bish went to work as a lifeguard at Comins Pond in Warren, MA just like any other day. This was the last time anyone would see Bish until 3 years later she was found murdered in a remote area of Palmer, MA. Almost 13 years later, on…

DNA Identification: The New Fingerprint

DNA STR Profiling, DNA test, Forensic DNA TestingBy tlewis June 17, 2013

Since 1892 when Juan Vucetich made the first criminal identification using fingerprints, the technique of fingerprinting has become a key tool for forensic investigators worldwide. Fingerprints—the pattern resulting from the tiny ridges, whorls and valley patterns on the tip of each finger—are left when we touch surfaces and leave behind substances from our hands (such as…

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