DNA exonerates man after 38 years of wrongful imprisonment
SERI DNA Analyst II, Mallory Pagenkopf, worked on this case brought to SERI by Mehul Anjaria from MBA DNA Consulting, LLC in collaboration with the [...]
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10, 2022
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09, 2022
Kristin Smart Murder Trial
SERI Senior DNA Analyst, Angela Butler, testified on her analysis of the soil samples dug up from Ruben Flores' yard. In the end, Paul Flores [...]
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05, 2022
Serial Sexual Assaulter Caught
News was abuzz in the SERI lab when results came back showing the perpetrator was indeed connected to the multiple sexual assault cases mentioned in [...]
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07, 2021
Rapist’s DNA Does Not Lie
SERI analyst, Erin Laurie, took the stand and testified to her findings of the evidence in this 2019 case. Read about the case here.
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07, 2021
Grant Funded Rape Kit Testing Leads to New Charges Against Inmate
Through a grant given by the California Department of Justice to the Berkeley Police Department, SERI analyzed evidence linking the DNA found to the serial [...]
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04, 2021
San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office thanks SERI for assisting with cold case.
The Sheriff's Office arrested Paul Flores for the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart. In its press release, the office thanked the Serological Research Institute for [...]
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03, 2017
Ex-Teacher Sentenced to 46 Years to Life
SERI Senior DNA Analyst, Angela Butler, testified in this dramatic case. Read about it here.
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10, 2006
A Slew of Suspects But Only One is the Killer
Fifty-eight pieces of evidence and many suspects later, DNA evidence SERI analyzed links to an already deceased Folsom State Prison inmate.
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10, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal: Brian Wraxall’s prior analysis referenced again years later.
"The finding that the stains were probably from perspiration was revealed in court in 1996 based on years-earlier independent testing by Brian Wraxall, chief forensic [...]
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05, 2000
South Florida Sun Sentinel: 20 Year Old Case Ends with an Arrest after DNA Testing
SERI analyzes key piece of evidence in a 20 year old unsolved case.