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HomeForensic Biology Resource & Historical Information
DNA – Educational Information
- DNA Interactive Timeline (Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory)
- DNA Fact Sheet (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA Testing (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Forensic Biology – Articles and History
- A Closer Look: DNA Profiling in Forensic Investigations (Lab Manager, Sept 2020)
- DNA Mixtures: A Forensic Science Explainer (NIST.gov, April 2019)
- Understanding Forensic DNA and Statistics (The DNA Lab, Aug 2018)
- The Evolution of Quality Standards for Forensic DNA Analysis in the United States (Published in Profiles in DNA Sept 1999)
- Next Generation Sequencing For Forensic Investigations (Lab Manager)
- Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) (FBI.gov)
News Stories
- FDLE: Three Years After First Report, Rape Kit Backlog all Clear
- Florida ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ Case Cracked with DNA from Suspect’s Son
- TPD Wins International Award for Closing Cases, Tracking Down ‘Predator Turned Serial Killer’
- Fla. Man Vanished in 2015 – and Wife Is Arrested After His Remains Are found Buried in Backyard
- Florida Man Wanted for Murder in 2003 Cold Case Turns Self In
- Rape and murder of Kim Dorsey
- Paul Durousseau – serial killer – convicted of the murders of 5 Jacksonville women
- Murder of Michelle Herndon
- Bizarre Florida Keys cold Case Murder Ends in Arrest
- Suspect Charged with Two Rapes in Northeast Tallahassee
- Double homicide suspect connected through DNA as TPD searches for links to other cases
- Dateline: Mystery on Blood Mountain | Gary Hilton aka ‘The National Forest Serial Killer’ Found Guilty of Murdering Four Hikers (August 26, 2011)
- When the ‘Gainesville Ripper’ terrorized a Florida college town with fear and murder
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