During elucidation of crime cases, the need of a sample of DNA of the victim of the violent attack appears very often. Regarding to the obligatory archiving of histopathological preparations from sectioned persons, the paraffin-embedded tissues are easily achievable material suitable for the given purpose. Such a modification of an isolation method was elaborated which allows the yield of the sufficient amount of DNA from one histological section, and its usefulness was tested on tissues of different types and from different persons. The method was used successfully during solving of concrete cases.

        Key words: paraffin-embedded tissues - isolation of DNA - identification of individuals