DNA Detectives: Scientists combining forensics with genealogy break ‘unsolvable’ cases  FOX 8 Live WVUE

(InvestigateTV) – Thanks to a breakthrough in how DNA is used, more than 1,000 collective years worth of cold cases across the U.S. have been solved in just …

Cold case killings of Montana couple solved after 45 years using DNA evidence  Fox News

Over four decades after a young couple was discovered dead in their Montana home, authorities revealed Monday they finally tracked down their killer with the …

How DNA, genetic genealogy solved young mom’s murder after 40 years  ABC News

A young San Diego mom’s murder has been solved after four decades through the novel investigative technique known as genetic genealogy, according to …

The U.S. May Soon Have a De Facto National DNA Database  Slate

This article is part of Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University. On March 20, Future Tense will host an event in …

DNA and a Coincidence Lead to Arrest in 1999 Double Murder in Alabama  The New York Times

It was the case that haunted a small city in Alabama for nearly two decades: Two 17-year-old girls disappeared on the way to a birthday party and were later …

DNA, forensic genealogy link man who died in 2017 to 2 cold case rapes, killing  Fox News

DNA and forensic genealogy have solved two cold cases in Maryland—a rape and a murder—but the suspect won’t have to answer for his alleged crimes.

Criminal Suspects Deserve Genetic Privacy, Too  Slate

This article is part of Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University. On Wednesday, Future Tense will host an event in …

ANDREW JOHN DOE: Genealogy, DNA solve case of newborn left to freeze to death in ditch 38 years ago  WSB Atlanta

His community named him Andrew John Doe. The newborn was found dead in a ditch in 1981, tears frozen on his cheeks.

DNA, genealogy used to solve cold case rapes, homicide in Rockville  WTOP

Montgomery County police have identified a suspect in two cold case rapes and a homicide that happened in Rockville, Maryland, in 1989 and 1994.

2 unsolved murders from 1970s now linked to 1 suspect through DNA: Prosecutors  InformNNY

Two unsolved murders of young women from the 1970s have now been linked to one suspect through DNA and genetic genealogy, according to Northern …