Police Say Suspect's DNA Matches That Found At Bombing, Shooting Scenes Nov 10, 2009
SEATTLE -- Police said DNA evidence found at both the police car bombing scene and the shooting scene where Seattle police officer Tim Brenton was fatally shot matched samples taken from suspect Christopher Monfort. On Monday afternoon, Assistant Chief Jim Pugel said a military-style knife, American flag and a plastic screw top where found at the maintenance lot where police vehicles were bombed on Oct. 22. (KIRO TV, WA)
Judge won't delay trial in TV anchorwoman killing Oct 24, 2009
DNA collected at Pressly's home later matched samples taken from a rape in Marianna, and detectives focused on Vance, who had been seen loitering around burglarized homes. . (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
* DNA tests confirm militant Top killed Sep 20, 2009
DNA results matched samples from three of Tops children from Cilacap in Central Java and Malaysia, said Brigadier General Eddy Saparwoko, head of Indonesias disaster victim identification unit. Top had a wife in Malaysia before he fled the country and also took at least one more wife while on the run in Indonesia. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Suspected serial killer faces more charges Sep 11, 2009
He was arrested Saturday after police and prosecutors said his DNA matched samples taken from Payne and at least eight other women, suspected prostitutes, who were strangled. Ott's lawsuit names as defendants the city, two former police chiefs and at least eight present and former detectives. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Milwaukee police arrest man linked by DNA to 9 slain women Sep 9, 2009
Police said a DNA sample from Ellis s toothbrush matched samples from the bodies of nine women age 16 to 41 who were killed between 1986 and 2007. Investigators believe eight were prostitutes and one was a runaway. (Boston Globe)
Suspect Charged in Woodstock Murder Aug 27, 2009
According to the police affidavit, Woodward's blood matched samples that were pulled from the clothes Haynes was wearing the night he was arrested. But a motive for the crime is not being released. (WCAX.com, VT)
'Jumping Genes' Create Diversity In Human Brain Cells, Offering Clues To Evolutionary And Neurological Disease Aug 6, 2009
When Coufal measured matched samples (brain versus other body tissues) from numerous individuals, she found that some brain samples had as many as 100 extra copies per cell. "This was proof that these elements really are jumping in neurons," explains Coufal. (Science Daily)
Va court hears appeal of man on 2 death rows Jun 3, 2009
The cold case was solved after California entered a sample of Prieto's DNA into a national database that matched samples from the crime scene. Prieto was already on California's death row for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
WHO: Swine flu could spread globally Apr 28, 2009
U.S. health officials said Friday that some cases of the virus matched samples of the deadly Mexican virus. On Saturday, New York's Bureau of Communicable Diseases said preliminary tests from a Queens school suggest that eight out of the nine children tested probably have the swine flu virus. (CNN)
Chop or change Apr 19, 2009
Dr Peter Clifton of the CSIRO's department of human nutrition, and co-author of the Total Wellbeing Diet Book, says that while the most recent US study was statistically adjusted to account for a range of what they call "confounders" that might skew the results, mathematics can't necessarily take the place of matched samples in a controlled experiment. "You can never be sure that you've wiped out all of these other confounders that go with eating a lot of red meat, things like being less well... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Arrest made in 2007 assault at UA residence hall Apr 3, 2009
Lee was arrested after UA police were notified that his DNA matched samples taken from the scene. He remained in jail Wednesday in lieu of $100,000 bond. (FOX 11, AZ)
Suspect in TV anchor's death charged in Lee County Mar 18, 2009
Detectives say Vance consented to officers swabbing a DNA sample from his mouth, which matched samples gathered from both crime scenes. Tuesday, Vance appeared before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza as his lawyers discussed trial dates. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
