No-Cost Historical DNA Review
Find more value in DNA evidence your agency already has.
Cybergenetics reviews up to two years of eligible historical DNA data at no cost and shows where TrueAllele® can recover additional usable DNA information — profiles, case-to-case links, and suspect-hit opportunities — from evidence your agency already has.
Your agency already collected the evidence. There could be more in it than the original results show.
Results from Montgomery County, PA
Same evidence. More usable DNA information.
From a DNA review of 1,200 items and suspects in Montgomery County, TrueAllele increased usable DNA yield from around 40% to over 80%—more than doubling the amount of usable DNA information recovered from existing evidence.
Built for investigative units with unresolved DNA evidence
This review is for agencies sitting on DNA evidence that was tested but did not produce useful information at the time. If that evidence is still in your files, it can still have value.
That includes evidence from:
- Homicide & Major Crimes
- Gun Violence
- Cold Cases
- Robbery, Burglary, & Property Crime
- Any unit holding unresolved DNA evidence
You do not need to identify the right case in advance. Cybergenetics reviews eligible historical DNA data and shows where recoverable value exists.
How it works
Traditional DNA interpretation reaches its limits when evidence is mixed, low-level, complex, or partially degraded. TrueAllele is built to interpret exactly that kind of difficult data and can recover usable DNA information that traditional interpretation was not designed to resolve.
Request a No-Cost Historical DNA Review
Tell us about your agency and the type of historical DNA evidence you may want reviewed.
- Submitting this form does not require your agency to provide DNA data or proceed with a review.
- Cybergenetics will follow up to discuss eligibility, scope, and the appropriate data-transfer path.
Not ready to start? Download the one-page overview to review internally or forward to the right person on your team.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT DNA DATA THROUGH THIS FORM
FAQ
Cybergenetics reviews up to two years of eligible historical DNA evidence data, focused on items previously reported as inconclusive, uninformative, too complex, low-level, mixed, insufficient, or otherwise not useful.
Cybergenetics confirms fit and scope with your agency before any review begins.
Cybergenetics helps coordinate with your agency, lab, or data owner to identify the most practical way to provide eligible DNA data. Cybergenetics works within your agency’s existing legal, privacy, and data-sharing requirements, and confirms the appropriate authorization and transfer path before any data is shared.
To run the review, Cybergenetics generally needs:
- The DNA data from eligible evidence items
- De-identified case or item numbers
- Evidence item descriptions
- Enough case or item context to return meaningful statistics
Reference profiles are not required, but are highly encouraged. References help by identifying suspect-hit opportunities.
Cybergenetics provides a Historical DNA Review Summary showing where additional usable DNA information was recovered.
Depending on the data provided, the summary can include:
- Number of eligible items reviewed
- Number and percentage where additional DNA information was recovered
- Number of items where DNA profiles were developed
- Aggregate case-to-case link opportunities
- Aggregate suspect-hit opportunities
- The de-identified items worth considering for formal TrueAllele reporting
The summary tells your agency where the value is and which items should be considered for formal TrueAllele reporting.
TrueAllele applies probabilistic genotyping to interpret complex, mixed, low-level, degraded, touch, and previously inconclusive DNA evidence.
TrueAllele has been validated in peer-reviewed studies and used in criminal cases across the country. Its reliability has been upheld in more than 50 admissibility challenges, with admissions across 17 states and 5 federal courts.
Cybergenetics has supplied TrueAllele match results in more than 1,500 case reports across 48 states, and more than 200 DNA laboratories have sent electronic DNA data to Cybergenetics for TrueAllele interpretation.
TrueAllele has been used in homicide, sexual assault, gun crime, property crime, cold case, post-conviction, and other matters involving challenging DNA evidence.
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There is no cost for the Historical DNA Review. Cybergenetics works with your agency to confirm eligibility, scope, and the simplest way to review the data. If the summary does not justify going further, there is no obligation to proceed.
The Historical DNA Review is not a final case report, investigative lead package, or court-ready DNA conclusion. Formal TrueAllele reporting is required before any review finding is used for investigation, charging, plea discussions, or court purposes.