ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — DNA evidence led Robeson County authorities to arrest a 46-year-old man in connection with a 2024 sexual assault, Sheriff Burnis Wilkins’ office said on Tuesday. James D.

Without obtaining a new warrant, Scottsdale police tested that blood and created Mitcham's DNA profile, which they say matched evidence from the Feldman crime scene. While that decision sparked privacy and ethical debates that reached the Arizona Supreme Court, justices ultimately upheld the use of the evidence.

More than four decades after he was convicted of rape, Richard Luna was declared innocent in Ventura County Superior Court because of DNA evidence.

Attorneys for defendant King Young Brown Jr. want the Washington County Circuit Court to vacate his convictions from 2005 and drop the related charges if the evidence cannot be found.

Andrew Jackson, 24, was indicted for the April 13 murder of Wayne Woods, Sr. Louisville Metro Police said DNA evidence led investigators to Jackson, who is a new suspect in the case. Three men have already been arrested.

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