DNA Evidence

DNA evidence leads to break-in suspect

9 Feb 2012

Police have tracked down a suspect in a summer break-in after sending DNA samples through the national registry. Back in August, someone forced open the door to a business in the 100-block of Ninth Street.

DNA evidence supports conviction

9 Feb 2012

A convicted killer and serial rapist whose victims included a woman he sexually assaulted after driving her to a Canton cemetery in 1989 has lost his attempt to prove his innocence due to DNA evidence long preserved by Canton police, authorities said.

Limerick burglar, caught by cigarette left behind, jailed

9 Feb 2012

NORRISTOWN – A judge, referring to the significance of DNA evidence that linked a Philadelphia man to a cigarette left behind by a Limerick burglar, sent the man to state prison.