Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

Police collect their officers' DNA to ensure they do not contaminate crime scenes The Metropolitan Police is still missing nearly half of its officers' DNA from its database, and more than a fifth of ...

(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report ...

As Nancy Guthrie's case remains unsolved, DNA experts suggest new technologies could help with the mixed DNA samples found in Savannah Guthrie's mother's house.

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases. By ...