Local Expert Talks Possible Evidence Taken From Bin Laden Hideout
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Navy SEALs seized a number of items during the 45-minute raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound which could be a big help to U.S. intelligence. “We need to find out as much as we...
View ArticleAllegheny County Crime Lab No Longer Backlogged
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The situation of backlogged, unanalyzed evidence at the Allegheny County Crime Lab has been turned around. Federal grants have allowed the forensic scientists at the county’s new...
View ArticleLocal Company Revolutionizing DNA Analysis
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The world of crime scene analysis is constantly advancing and now it has taken a giant step forward. Computer technology is now solving murder cases worldwide and it was developed...
View ArticleDNA Helps Solve Redstone Township Robbery
REDSTONE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Five years ago, a convenience store clerk was held up at gunpoint by two men on Route 40 in Redstone Township, Fayette County. When she refused to give them money, the gunman...
View ArticleStudy: Mislabeled Seafood Sold In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s one of the healthiest foods you can eat — with growing popularity — but a new study suggests the fish you’re buying may not be the fish you think it is. “Everywhere we looked...
View ArticleForensic Scientist, Suspects’ Teammates Testify In Steubenville Rape Trial
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (KDKA) — The rape trial of two high school students in Steubenville, Ohio, continues to capture the attention of the nation. Testimony continued Friday. On the stand, two teammates...
View ArticleCMU Professor Takes DNA Testing To New Levels
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — He’s not your typical Sherlock Holmes, but this CMU professor is in demand by police around the world. He’s putting bad guys in jail with a DNA analysis technology he invented...
View ArticleGenetics To Blame For Some Children’s Sleeping Problems
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is your kid’s sleep influenced more by their DNA or their surroundings? It depends on which type of sleep you’re talking about. A Canadian study of nearly 1,000 sets of twins, ages...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling On DNA “Wrong,” Says Dr. Cyril Wecht
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Every day citizens are arrested and booked on suspicion of committing a crime — and their fingerprints are taken with or without their consent. Now in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme...
View ArticleMan Goes On Trial In Beaver Co. Cold Case
MONACA (KDKA) — Gregory Hopkins was a councilman in Bridgewater, but today he’s the defendant in a murder trial. It’s a case that goes back 34 years in Beaver County. Catherine Janet Walsh was...
View ArticleEx-Pa. Councilman Denies Killing Woman In 1979
BEAVER (AP) – A former western Pennsylvania borough councilman has taken the stand in his own defense to deny that he killed his former girlfriend more than three decades ago. Sixty-seven-year-old...
View ArticleShifting Sleep Bad For Your Genes
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Which is worse for your DNA – being sleep-deprived or shifting your sleep? Shifting your sleep, for instance due to shift work or jet lag, is worse for your genes. “We know the body...
View ArticleSuspect In East Liberty Double Murder Meets With Legal Team
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Attorney Blaine Jones met with a new client Friday. Allen Wade is the man charged in connection with the shooting deaths of sisters, Sarah and Susan Wolfe, last month in their East...
View ArticleFirm To Help Police Analyze DNA Found In East Liberty Double Murder
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An outside firm will help police analyze the forensic evidence that led to the arrest of the neighbor of tow sisters murdered in East Liberty. Though he proclaims his innocence,...
View ArticleDNA, Video Leads To Trial In Sisters’ Slayings
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The next-door neighbor accused of robbing and fatally shooting two sisters in their East Liberty home earlier this year has been ordered to stand trial. At a hearing Friday morning,...
View ArticleTheft Trial For Man Charged In Sisters’ Murders
GREENSBURG (KDKA/AP) – A western Pennsylvania man accused of having robbed and killed his next-door neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, now also faces trial on charges that he stole...
View ArticleD.A.’s Office Seeking Death Penalty In East Liberty Sisters’ Deaths
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The murders of two sisters in East Liberty earlier this year is now a death penalty case. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office will argue that the suspect, a man who’s...
View ArticleKorean War Soldier’s Remains To Return Home
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – His family had given up hope, but thanks to DNA technology, the remains of a serviceman who died 63 years ago in the Korean War will finally be coming home. It will happen Tuesday...
View ArticleRemains Of Local Serviceman Back Home After More Than 6 Decades
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Homecoming became a reality today for Army Cpl. Alva Clifford Groves of Shinnston, West Virginia. His remains arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport late Tuesday morning. His...
View ArticleMan Looks For Closure After 20 Years Behind Bars For Wrongful Conviction
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s been eight years since Drew Whitley was released from prison, wrongfully convicted for the murder of 22-year-old Noreen Malloy outside the McDonald’s restaurant in Duquesne....
View ArticleDoggie DNA Tests Helping Owners Find Out More About Their Pets
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_0505201518493689488AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (CBS) — Did you know there are DNA tests for dogs? They’re helping owners find out the exact breeds of their pets. And...
View ArticleNew Trial To Start Soon For Cancer Patients Out Of Treatment Options
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For people whose cancer has stopped responding to standard therapy and are out of treatment options, a new trial is starting soon called the NCI-MATCH trial. “We are learning more...
View ArticleIs DNA Harvesting, Reproduction The Wave Of The Future?
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_1006201517534587770AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The idea of reproducing a living being from DNA is the stuff Jurassic Park and Dolly the Sheep are made of....
View ArticleItems Recovered From NY Cabin In Hunt For Escaped Murderers
BELLMONT, N.Y. (AP) – Items recovered from a remote hunting cabin might be linked to a pair of convicted killers who escaped from a nearby prison more than two weeks ago, authorities said Monday as...
View ArticleRape Suspect Charged In Connection With Two More Assaults
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Lawrence Cook left Allegheny County Police headquarters facing two more rape charges in Wilmerding. He says he’s not the man who did it. “What do you have to say about these...
View ArticleAncestry.com DNA Test Finds Fertility Doctor Is Woman’s Actual Father,...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter CBS Local — A lawsuit in Idaho is accusing a retired fertility doctor of using his own sperm to impregnate a woman who was struggling to have a child. The shocking...
View ArticlePolice Use DNA Info On Genealogy Websites To Track Golden State Killer Suspect
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN/KDKA) — The man who police say is the Golden State Killer was found using DNA-matching information from genealogy websites, according to...
View Article‘Super Snake’ Slithering Around Florida? DNA Study Says Yes
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter FLORIDA (CBS Local) – A study of Florida’s python population has discovered some unnerving information about a possibly terrifying new breed of slithering creatures....
View ArticleNew Hearing For Northwestern PA Teacher Strangling A Student
ERIE, Pa. (AP) – A former northwestern Pennsylvania high school teacher will be getting a new hearing on his conviction in the strangulation death of a student more than four decades ago. The...
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