Maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with the plans to reduce that backlog. Brad . Brad this has been a problem for years. What happens is a woman suffers a rape. She goes to police and then is sent to the hospital where a specially trained forensic nurse looks for d. N. A. Evidence. The womans body actually becomes a crime scene. When they find evidence its put in something called a rape kit. Now, the problem is that in many cases, across the country, those rape kits sit for years so thats why today, the Vice President of the United States along with senator Barbara Mikulski toured the Maryland State Police crime lab in pikesville to see what is going on there in the way of work but also to announce that they have secured 41 million out of the federal budget that can be used by jurisdictions across the country to improve their faculty to test to eliminate that backlog. Senator mikulski says it is vital. Senator mikulski various jurisdictions have more resources than others. Thats w
A few feet away they discovered mark waughs lifeless body. Gupta told police he stabbed his friend when he called waugh, a Georgetown University law student cheating with his girlfriend. Mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. Stephen gupta and waugh were both from Northern Virginia and described as best friends. Simmering rivalry erupted in a jealous rage in october 2013. At trial, gupta said actually his girlfriend killed waugh and he was taking the rap. I think the speed with which the verdict came in for firstdegree murder i think indicates that they very very quickly dispatched the theory that was proposed by the defense. Stephen gupta, his girlfriend and waugh had gone out to celebrate guptas 24th birthday. The trio continued drinking when they returned to the apartment. Prosecutors believe the violent conclusion to that night stemmed from anger, alcohol and drugs. Marks murder is an evil that we cannot comprehend. A dark evil. Stephen now
CENTREVILLE — Police have charged a 17-year-old male as an adult in connection with a weapons discharge incident Nov. 22 in the 100 block of Little Kidwell Avenue in Centreville.
CENTREVILLE — Police have charged a 17-year-old male as an adult in connection with a weapons discharge incident, Nov. 22, 2023, in the 100 block of Little Kidwell Avenue in
Maryland officials on Thursday said DNA collected from the scene where Rachel Morin was murdered has been linked to DNA from a Los Angeles assault and home invasion that happened in March.