Subject: Kansas Bureau of Investigation

• Net Escape

  April 7, 2005

• Dynasty

  The saucy Del Campo family spices up Lawrence's bar-and-restaurant scene.

  November 30, 2006

• Surveillance Stories

  November 16, 2006

• Cold Blood

  A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor.

  October 12, 2006

• The Spotlight's Red Glare

  With sparks flying between politicians — and the national media — it’s a typical week in Kansas.

  June 29, 2006

• Deficit Spending

  June 15, 2006

• The Lonely Guy

  March 9, 2006

• Soldiers of Meth

  Meth addiction, adultery and murder. Welcome to today's Army.

  January 19, 2006

• Killer Queen

  December 1, 2005

• Kill Thy Neighbor

  Donna Ozuna-Trout cried racism after she was accused of attempting murder by poisoned coffeecake. Her many neighbors beg to differ.

  March 17, 2005

• Tutu Careful

  Columbine jitters may cost a Kansas town millions.

  May 2, 2002

• Brother's Keeper

  Tom and Floyd Bledsoe hated each other so much they wanted to send each other to jail for murder.

  August 3, 2000

• Reporter's Notebook: Kansas was the first state to charge (and screw up) a John Doe warrant

  Kansas Department of CorrectionsDouglas Belt​This week's feature story details the first case in Wyandotte County that was charged against the DNA profile of an unidentified individual, in May 2001. Prosecutors all over the country have used this technique -- using a coded DNA profile in lieu of a name on charging documents -- in cases where time is constrained by statutes of limitations. But 10 years before the Wyandotte County case, another Kansas prosecutor paved the way for this new use of

  August 19, 2009

• Ten years ago, a rapist stabbed her and left her for dead. She survived — and so did her case.

  August 20, 2009

• Reporter's Notebook: More on Kansas' DNA databank

  ​Rachel Harmon is a forensic scientist who lives in Lawrence, Kansas, and works for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Her work involves the state's DNA databank, a library of DNA profiles from both convicted offenders and arrestees in Kansas, as well as the forensic casework samples for suspects whose identities are still unknown, like the man responsible for the crime detailed in this week's feature story, "The Aftermath."Juliette Jones (not her real name) was attacked by that rapist 10 yea

  August 21, 2009