SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man who they say has been tied by DNA evidence to an assault at a Seattle-area park in August.
The Seattle Times reports Charles Stockwell Jr. was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault.
Charging papers say a 43-year-old Redmond woman was walking her dog in the park when Stockwell grabbed her and punched her repeatedly...
REDMOND (AP) — A DNA hit led to the arrest of a suspect in an assault at Marymoor Park.
King County Sheriff's detectives say a man is in custody for a violent assault on a woman that happened last August in the park, located on the north end of Lake Sammamish...
The dairy industry reportedly lost nearly $420 million from one single foundation bull with a lethal gene mutation that causes calves to die in the womb. This is a peril in selective breeding. On the positive side, that same foundation bull with nearly 2 million great-grandaughters accounts for 14 percent of all DNA in Holstein cows, the most popular breed in the dairy industry and contributed to
SEATTLE (AP) — Lawmakers in Washington state are taking a look at how courts handle criminal informants who are rewarded for their testimony.
About 16 percent of DNA exonerations around the country have come in cases where jailhouse snitches or other "incentivized informants" were used. Tho...
SEATTLE (AP) — Lab managers in Washington say they won't be able to make a dent in the state's backlog of thousands of untested rape kits until more money is found.
KING-TV reports that a new state law requires police departments to submit every rape kit for testing within 30 days of completion. Eve...
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a Superior Court judge with a pipe bomb in 1974 is asking a court to allow DNA testing on evidence from his case.
The Tri-City Herald reports (http://goo.gl/F3cqTN ) that attorneys with the Innocence Project Northwest are representing Ricky Anthony Young...
NEW YORK (AP) — Where did dogs first arrive on the scene? Scientists have long debated that question, and now a study of doggie DNA from around the world is pointing to Central Asia.
Researchers say man's best friend may have evolved somewhere near what is now Nepal and Mongolia...
Kevin Harper's attorney made his point clear: he wants the triple murder case against his client dropped. While Peter Mazzone waits to find out if he wins that motion, he claimed a small victory late Tuesday by getting the help he asked for with a second defense attorney...
DNA has helped to crack a rape case in Yakima County that went cold. Yesterday 28-year-old David Endres, also know as David Workman, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his third sex offense. He was convicted of second-degree rape following a jury trial last month...