In today’s crime roundup “Sticky” is back in custody, the Virginia Department of Forensic Science is reevaluating DNA evidence tested in 375 cases, a stabbing in Frederick, and angels in Adams Morgan. more ›

Via the Washington Post's Crime Scene blog, word that Prince William and Fairfax police say they have DNA evidence that connects the Halloween rapes of two teenage girls in Dale City to an alleged serial rapist who is suspected in at least a dozen other sexual assaults up and down the East Coast. The rapes span from 1997 to this year, with "at least four rapes in Fairfax County between 1999 and 2001, several in Prince George's County, one in Leesburg and several in Rhode Island and Connecticut." We'll update on this when more information becomes available. more ›

And now, yet another dissapointing twist in the Chandra Levy murder case: during the hearing for Ingmar Guandique, who was arrested on murder charges back in April, it was revealed that a since-fired FBI analyst mixed some of her own DNA on to evidence collected from the crime scene. The Post reported that the damaged evidence included clothing which Levy was wearing when she was discovered. Guandique's attorneys, already playing the "incompetent law enforcement" card, have asked that the trial -- currently set to begin on January 27 -- be postponed in light of the findings. It's a sad scenario that, in this case, these kind of fumbles fail to surprise. For his part, Guandique -- who was already behind bars for two seperate assaults on women in Rock Creek Park -- remains as creepy as ever: when admitting to investigators that he had contact Levy in the park, he added, "[s]o what if I touched her?" more ›