Republicans are pleading with Albany Democrats to pass legislation vital to helping police solve cold cases amid an ongoing surge of violent crime. A state appellate court decision issued last week ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Timothy Williams is accused of raping and murdering 14-year-old Wendy Jerome in 1984 on Webster Avenue. It took years, and years of working the case to get anywhere. The case picked ...

NYPD detectives for the first time employed an emerging search technique using familial DNA to break a 22-year-old cold case killing of a Bronx schoolgirl, officials announced Tuesday. The familial ...

A cold case more than 20 years old is finally pushing forward after a breakthrough in technology led to an arrest in the death of Minerliz Soriano late last year. Police say DNA technology helped lead ...

Eric Yarham wanted to know more about his family tree, so he mailed his saliva to a company called "23 and Me." "Just trying to unravel the mystery that is your genetics," said Yarham. "That lingering ...

So, I doubt this will actually be very controversial here in the SB, but what do you think about the use of familial DNA to snag other criminals? My view is that DNA found at a crime scene is 'public ...

The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab is preparing to expand its criminal DNA testing to include a controversial technique known as familial searching, a tool that could breathe new life into aging ...

A state appeals court, by a 3-2 vote, has struck down New York State procedures for familial searching, an emerging forensic technique used around the country to identify possible crime suspects. The ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Florida cold case detectives armed with familial DNA say they have identified the alleged killer who raped and strangled an elderly Pompano Beach woman inside her home in the ...