CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois State Police leaders were questioned Tuesday about DNA backlogs at state crime labs. Families of murder victims have been waiting for DNA to be processed as potential ...

MORRIS, Ill. — DNA experts have identified the remains of a woman found shot to death in an Illinois ditch almost 50 years ago. The DNA Doe Project said in a news release Thursday that their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo credit: Adobe Stock) The Illinois Family Roots Pilot program is expanding across the state after launching in June with 250 ...

Authorities are testing DNA on a severed arm that was found on Illinois shoreline and led authorities to notify the family of Sade Robinson, who was murdered in early April. Waukegan, Illinois ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NORTH AURORA, Ill. — A serial killer has ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (CBS) -- A tiny hand crafted from DNA in a lab in Illinois may be able to help researchers get a hold of viruses and isolate them. Scientists at the University of Illinois ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man who spent nearly four months jailed in southwestern Illinois for a rape he insisted he didn't commit is free after genetic testing cleared him. The Belleville ...