Forensic scientists testified in the murder trial of Edrick Faust, accused of killing UGA law student Tara Baker in 2001.

Nashville police use forensic genetic genealogy to identify remains found decades ago, solving multiple unidentified remains ...

Evidence that could solve murders, convict drug dealers and close cold cases first has to make it through South Carolina’s ...

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 ...

Despite decades of chasing leads, investigators had been unable to identify the victim of a 1992 homicide on the North Side.

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

A group of forensic anthropology students searched the woods for evidence.

Despite a rare breakthrough in another decades-old cold case last week, the father of one of the Frog Boys says time has done little to ease the grief or to bring his son’s killer any closer to ...

It took decades for Carla Walker’s killer to finally get caught and put behind bars. “This is a time of healing. It’s funny ...

“After 37 years of heartbreak and unanswered questions, our family has finally received the long-awaited news that the murder of our beloved daughter, sister Laurie, has been solved," said Laurie Ann ...

Prosecutors say advances in forensic science reopened a long-cold case, leading to an arrest and new details about a violent ...