DNA

Steven Carter, 50, was sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering Antoinette Bennett, 26, in 1986.

Lissette Torres was murdered on New Years Day in 1987. Police believe they've caught her killer.

A lab technician's mistake inadvertently solved a DNA mystery in the eight-year-old case. 

Joseph Pabon faces life in prison for murdering Inwood resident Eridania Rodriguez in 2009.

Kentrel Whitaker was convicted of trying to rape a 73-year-old woman in 2010.

Alberto Barriera, 47, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for the 1993 rape of a teen girl.

Alberto Barriera, 47, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape on Wednesday in exchange for 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors used DNA evidence to solve the 24-year-old cold case murder of an East Harlem woman.

Lerio Guerrero is charged with raping a 28-year-old woman on Orchard Street in 1998.

Rajeev Kumar was matched to the 10-year-old rape case by DNA technology, prosecutors said.

Thursday's verdict highlights how an absence of forensic evidence can make or break a criminal case, lawyers said.

Curtis Tucker was sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, after his DNA connected him to the crime.

The chief medical examiner has warned that budget cuts would make identifying remains "very difficult."

Rajeev Kumar, 30, was charged with rape in August after his DNA matched a sample from a rape kit collected in 2000.

Prosecutors said a DNA evidence match led to Alberto Barriera's rape arrest.