A moss hunter was searching in Wolf Creek near Swamp Mountain in Linn County on July 24, 1976, when they stumbled upon a skull, police said, adding that the hunter contacted the Linn County Sheriff’s ...

Remains found in 1976 have been identified as Marion McWhorter, who went missing two years before when she turned 21 years old, Oregon State Police said.

The DNA tissue sample taken from a baby left in an Iowa City landfill in 1992 was so "degraded and contaminated" that ...

The Howard County Police Department has identified the victim in a 54-year-old cold case homicide — the oldest in Howard ...

Now, five decades later, the woman long known by investigators as Swamp Mountain Doe has a name: Marion Vinetta Nagle ...

Last year, I added my DNA profile to a private genealogical database, FamilyTreeDNA, and clicked “Yes” to allow the police to search my genes.

DNA profiling technologies are rapidly advancing, creating the potential to identify individuals involved in making, packing and transporting illegal capsules by analyzing the exterior of the illicit ...

In a major step towards early detection, University of South Australia researchers are investigating the biology behind multiple sclerosis (MS) to help predict people's genetic risk of developing the ...

A New York judge ruled DNA evidence obtained from a cutting-edge technique can be used in the upcoming trial of Gilgo Beach ...

Genetic genealogists working on the University of Idaho student murders case found 'hundreds of times' more DNA than a ...

A piece of resin gum from 5,700 years ago reveals the DNA, diet, and microbes from the body of a prehistoric woman.