Over four decades after a teenager was murdered, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s house in Cloverdale, ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a ...

Detective testimony shed light on Robert Brashers’ crimes, investigative gaps and how new DNA testing reshaped the 1991 case.

Sara Kay Keesling was 12 years old when she disappeared on a walk home after staying with a friend to avoid visitation with her father.

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office has ruled Heather Turner’s death a suicide, following years of speculation.

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona kidnapping.

Kirsty Wright hated science in school, but her unconventional career path has led her to use DNA profiling in high-profile ...

Investigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases in ...

Marion Gales, 63, was arrested in the 35-year-old murder case of Kim Thomas Friedland after new DNA evidence emerged.

Nearly three decades after a newborn’s body was found off a rural Prunedale road, Watsonville resident Pamela Ferreyra has ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...