Second Cold Case Murder Arrest In Solano County In Months
The unknown male DNA found on evidence SERI analyzed was uploaded into CODIS. This unknown male DNA profile matched that of convicted murderer Herman Hobbs. [...]
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02, 2023
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10, 2022
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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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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03, 2022
Advances in DNA Technology Help Solve Cold Case
DNA technology SERI was able to provide to the Alameda Police Department ultimately help put to rest a 45-year-old cold case. Watch the press coverage [...]
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12, 2021
DNA Analysis 101
At trial, senior Forensic DNA Analyst, Angela Butler, breaks down the process of how to discern the likelihood ratios of people's DNA on evidence. Read [...]
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08, 2021
SERI’s Mallory Pagenkopf testifies on DNA from the Carla Walker Case
SERI analyst, Mallory Pagenkopf, testifies in the Carla Walker case on Monday, August 23 . The very next day, Glen McCurley confesses to the 1974 [...]
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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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06, 2021
Berkeley PD charges suspect with attempted rape
Berkeley police department charges suspect with attempted rape after he broke into the victim's apartment and tried to sexually assault her in bed. SERI's Chief [...]