October 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 Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent. Following testing by [...]
September 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 was convicted of first degree murder of Kristin Smart. Read [...]
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.
