The Wenatchee Police Department closed a 40-year-old homicide cold case after using forensic genealogy testing to identify ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Philip Sydnor, Yadezia Jones, and Marcus Rutledge were all recently identified in the last two months after their remains were discovered years, even decades ago. Advances in ...

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The Hampden District Attorney’s office will collect voluntary DNA samples this weekend at the ...

Years after DNA evidence linked a 1991 killing and a 1993 rape in Massachusetts, forensic genetic genealogy helped investigators identify the man authorities say was responsible for both cold cases.

Arlington Police are turning to an unlikely source for help in solving decades-old murder cases: college students. In a new course at the University of Texas at Arlington, a group of criminal justice ...

Oklahoma families waiting for answers in unsolved murder cases may soon have a new path to justice.Governor Kevin Stitt has ...

A “gum ruse” led to a breakthrough in the investigation of two 1980s murders and showed how crucial modern DNA technology is ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Genealogy testing is helping the Knox County Regional Forensic Center identify unknown remains and close cold cases. The center has identified several individuals through forensic ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

Layton police ask for tips in the 1986 killing of Carla Maxwell. Ballistics link her death to other Wasatch Front cases.