WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers are developing a new type of portable crime-scene forensics technology designed to take precise high-resolution 3-D images of shoeprints and tire tread marks in snow ...

Tire marks found at the scene of Venus Rose Stewart's disappearance appear to match the tire treads from her estranged husband's pickup truck, documents show.

"These tread bars go across the width of your tire, and you can simply look at the cross marks of these tread bars. When your tire tread gets close to those tread bars, it's time to replace the ...

HUDSON, Ohio—Tire sleuth Pete McDonald, who died June 21, studied tread marks to track down killers. He also designed Firestone tires, turned out startling artworks, a war museum and more ...