Division of Forensic Science

Delaware officials are investigating why 1,600 criminal DNA samples, some more than a decade old, languished for years without being entered into a national database.

Health officials in Delaware say a surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths drove the state’s overall overdose deaths past 300 last year.

A man has been found dead in his tent at Playa del Fuego, Delaware’s version of Burning Man in Townsend.

An investigation is underway after a body was found in the backyard of a home in Newark, Delaware.

Authorities say a woman’s body has been discovered in the restroom of a Wilmington restaurant.

Authorities say a man has died after the tractor he was operating overturned into a water-filled ditch near Georgetown.

Police say a 50-year-old California man has died at Dewey Beach in a drowning or diving death.

A California man died at Dewey Beach after a diving or drowning accident.

After a long search, Delaware officials have announced a new director of the state’s Division of Forensic Science.

Michael Wolf will now head the department after a scandal involving tampering of evidence.

A bag of human remains have been found in the scandal-plagued Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.