Brenda Breslauer

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Tim Stelloh |Brenda Breslauer

A New Jersey judge ruled that prosecutors can use evidence from a powerful and increasingly common DNA tool in the upcoming trial of a man charged in the 2018 murder of four relatives. Monmouth County Judge Marc Lemieux agreed with prosecutors that STRmix, which allows forensic analysts to test tiny, complex DNA samples that likely would have been considered unusable a decade ago, had withstood repeated testing and been found reliable.

Dec 27, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Brenda Breslauer

Dec. 27, 2024, 2:00 PM UTCLawyers for a New Jersey man charged with the brutal murders of four of his relatives are challenging the use of an increasingly common tool that has transformed DNA analysis in dozens of labs across the United States, saying the technique hasn’t been properly vetted for use in criminal courts.

Oct 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Brenda Breslauer |Erik Ortiz |Dan Slepian |Nick McElroy |John Bentley |Mosheh Gains

LEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting. Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct. 25, 2023, at a bowling alley hosting a youth night and a bar where deaf people were playing cornhole, the gunman's family contemplated remaining quietly in the shadows.

Oct 23, 2024 | autos.yahoo.com | Brenda Breslauer |Erik Ortiz |Dan Slepian |Nick McElroy |John Bentley |Mosheh Gains

A law enforcement official near Schemengees Bar on Oct. 26, 2023, the day after a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. LEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting. Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct.

Oct 23, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Brenda Breslauer |Erik Ortiz

Oct. 23, 2024, 8:35 PM UTCLEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting. Amid the heartbreak in Lewiston, where 18 people were massacred on the evening of Oct. 25, 2023, at a bowling alley hosting a youth night and a bar where deaf people were playing cornhole, the gunman's family contemplated remaining quietly in the shadows.