Man To Be Tried As Adult In 1984 Pleasanton Teen Murder
A judge ruled Tuesday that a man with an extensive criminal history should be tried as an adult for the murder of 14-year-old Tina Faelz in Pleasanton nearly 28 years ago.
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A judge ruled Tuesday that a man with an extensive criminal history should be tried as an adult for the murder of 14-year-old Tina Faelz in Pleasanton nearly 28 years ago.
Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms Monday after being convicted of kidnapping and carjacking for an attack on a couple in Oakland's Montclair District in 1994 -- a cold case that was solved using DNA evidence.
Despite the high unemployment rate in the state, Bay Area medical laboratories that run genetic tests that predict illnesses patients may suffer later in life have been confronting a shortage of qualified workers.
Jeanine Harms was last seen in a Campbell bar on July 27th, 2001. She invited a man she'd met at the bar to her house, and was never seen again. That man, Maurice Nasmeh, who always proclaimed his innocence, was accused of killing the 42-year-old woman.
A man already charged with a decades-old rape and murder now faces new charges after DNA evidence linked him to a second murder, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
The FBI has requested a DNA sample from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski as part of its investigation of the 1982 Chicago-area Tylenol poisonings case.
A simple test looks at your DNA and tells you if you may have a health concern, especially if you're stressed out.
Almost a year after San Francisco's understaffed crime lab took heat for failing to link criminals with several high-profile violent crimes, staffing is even worse.
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the sex attack of a 94-year-old woman in a Palo Alto nursing home.
A former supervisor of the DNA section of the Santa Clara County crime lab will return to the Bay Area as director of the entire laboratory, said District Attorney Jeff Rosen.
Investigator have matched four of the seven suspects accused of gang-raping a Richmond High School student to DNA evidence found on and around the victim.
Every baby born in the U.S. is supposed to have it - A blood test that screens for genetic diseases.
