May 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 this story. Read about it here.
March 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 here.
February 2022
Closure From the Grave
Despite the suspect dying just weeks before the case being solved, closure was granted knowing he would never terrorize anyone else again. Read about how SERI helped solve this cold case here.
August 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 cold case murder and pleads guilty. See his confession here.
July 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.
June 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 Forensic DNA Analyst performed DNA analysis which contributed to the [...]
April 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 its assistance in the investigation. Read the full press release [...]
September 2020
NBC: SERI gets damning DNA from trash, links cold case murder suspect to evidence.
SERI's analyst developed a DNA profile from items police found in suspect Glen McCurley's trash bin; this profile matched DNA found on the victim's clothing. Police provided SERI with McCurley's reference DNA sample , and [...]
January 2020
WSav.com: SERI Assists Police in Homicide Case
Gary Harmor analyzes DNA on murder weapon and links it to main suspect. Read the full article here.
December 2019
Fremont Police Department: 37 Year Old Cold Case Solved with the Help of DNA Analysis
SERI analyzed evidence extracted from the deceased suspect's remains which later confirmed this person's involvement with the crime. Read the full story here.
August 2019
ABC10: SERI Assists Oakdale Police with Kidnapping, Auto Theft Case
“The Oakdale Police Department continued investigating the case and partnered with the Serological Research Institute (SERI) Forensic Lab to help sift through evidence… ‘We are… very thankful for the tenacious efforts of our investigators and [...]
July 2019
East Bay Times: SERI completed analysis within 48 hours.
SERI completed DNA analysis within 48 hours in this sexual assault case. The resulting DNA profile led to a CODIS hit linking suspect Alphonzo Lamont McInnis to the crime. McInnis was sentenced to life in [...]