Genetic genealogy has helped solve hundreds of cold cases in recent years. The process uses DNA testing and public databases to discover ancestral origins, potentially connecting living relatives and ...

The curated articles show how advances in forensic science have solved cold cases after decades. Authorities use DNA testing and genetic genealogy to identify victims and suspects from cases once ...

Rhode Island's Cold Case Unit has solved two decades-old murders. The 1984 murder of Debra Stone and the 2007 murder of Cynthia McKenna were closed. The identified suspects in both murders are ...

A Clearwater man whose DNA in 2021 connected him to a 1999 sexual battery in Dunedin pleaded guilty Monday morning. Gregory Thompson, 64, also pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence after ...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) solved its second cold case in less than a week. Thomas Hess was found dead in his Seattle apartment on Valentine’s Day 2015. He had blunt force trauma to his head, ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDVM) — Police say their cold case team has solved a 1998 sexual assault case by matching a blood sample collected from the suspect’s autopsy with DNA from the scene. On August 17 ...

Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garcia is interviewed about how he plans to tackle the city’s cold cases in his new role.

Gregory Thompson admitted to sexual battery and conspiring with his wife to send false confession letters from a dead man. Gregory Thompson, 64, pleaded guilty to sexual battery and tampering with ...