LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory (ASCL) is pleased to announce that Dr. Lance Van Truong, D.O., has been matched as ASCL’s first forensic pathology ...

A fellowship announced last week will offer one physician a year's worth of experience working with forensic pathologists at the Arkansas state Crime Laboratory and coroners across the state, ...

Jefferson County, Alabama reported nearly 500 overdose deaths in 2023. More than 400 of these were due to opioids, a class of prescription medication used for their pain relief properties. Opioids ...

Every day in America nearly seven thousand people die. That’s about two and a half million deaths per year. When a death is violent, unexpected, medically unattended, or suspicious – which occurs in ...

Hollywood often portrays forensic science in a fascinating light. Many people have likely aspired to work in a lab and analyze delicate evidence after watching an episode or two of CSI. But it can be ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...

A new in-house digital forensics laboratory may speed investigations and solve crimes more quickly, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said. The lab, paid for through a $497,000 ...