Advances in DNA and genetic genealogy helped police identify a suspect in the 1980 killings of Lynn Vest and her young son, ...

DNA breakthrough solves 38-year-old "Colonial Parkway Murders" cold case, linking deceased fisherman to killings of at least ...

The 1982 cold case of Charles Nunnenman, once the Western Reserve John Doe, has been solved using DNA and genealogy research.

DNA evidence from East San Jose house where 84-year-old Alice Sharitz was murdered in 1997 led to the December arrest of 74-year-old Jose Contreras in Oregon.

Matt Hutchison, the "badass detective," has made arrests in many cold cases.

New DNA analysis has solved the 1987 killing of Rhonda Marie Fisher. A CODIS match linked evidence in the case to serial offender Vincent Darrell Groves. Officials say the breakthrough highlights ...

Lexington police have solved a 27-year-old homicide case, identifying the killer of Linda Marie Rutledge through advanced DNA and ballistic evidence.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

After 28 years of no answers, DNA has helped solve the cold-case homicide of a floral designer and mother of two who was raped, bludgeoned to death and left face down in a Spokane alley in 1997. The ...