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The Pima County Sheriff’s Office says it is actively pursuing hundreds of leads in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, as critical pieces of evidence from inside her home undergo DNA testing in Phoenix.

The search for Nancy Guthrie has escalated as Arizona investigators treat her disappearance as a potential criminal abduction. Her sister, Annie Guthrie, was reportedly the last to see her. Police found blood and forced entry at the home,

With only five exonerations, lawmakers weigh bills that would update Delaware's DNA evidence practices, aligning the state with national standards.

UPDATE: Possible DNA evidence found at what is now being considered a crime scene – the Tucson area home of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today anchor Savannah Guthrie – will be tested for clues in the likely abduction of the 84-year-old woman.

Lawyers sparred over key DNA evidence in opening arguments of the murder trial of Edrick Faust for the 2001 killing of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.

Current Massachusetts law bars rape prosecutions in cases older than 15 years, even when there’s a DNA match. The governor wants to change it.

BRONX, NY – Nearly three decades after a pregnant woman was strangled to death inside her Bronx apartment, a man linked to the crime through DNA evidence has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison, closing one of the borough’s longest-running homicide investigations.