The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that skeletal remains found nearly 50 years ago along Interstate 75 ...

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.

San Francisco investigators use a Texas tip and modern DNA testing to identify a woman missing for 57 years.

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 ...

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 ...

Michigan State Police say DNA technology solved the 1983 cold case murder of 16-year-old Sheri Jo Elliott, identifying Roni Collins as the killer.

A possible change to New York’s forensic testing guidelines could help investigators solve cold cases by allowing evidence to be tested in more laboratories. For decades, forensic samples connected to ...

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