Investigators in Montana, working with forensic experts, have solved the 1978 homicide of 16-year-old Corina Contreraz by analyzing DNA from an unlikely source: a fingerprint card collected in 1982 ...

In April 2018, California authorities revealed that they’d used a novel investigative technique to arrest a man they called the Golden State Killer, a serial murderer who’d escaped capture for decades ...

Police say new DNA technology helped solve the 45-year-old murders of Lynn Vest and her 2-year-old nephew, Jeremy Pickens.

David Allen Snyder, a former Key West resident who died in 2008, was named after genetic genealogy linked his DNA to evidence collected at the scene.

DNA taken from five fingerprint cards nearly a half-century old finally solved the murder of 16-year-old Corina Contreraz, who was killed in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Austin Police Department A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with two sexual assault cold cases in Austin ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A newly formed cold case unit within Utah's State Bureau of Investigation has solved its first case, identifying a man whose body remained a mystery for more than 14 years, through ...

For more than six years, the killing of Tyler Hall has been a mystery. Now, the GBI says DNA testing helped them identify a suspect in his murder.

A cold case is revisited after DNA evidence points to a key person connected to the investigation, offering new answers about ...

A veteran's 1987 murder has been solved, after the now-deceased suspect's DNA matched evidence at the scene of the killing, authorities said.

AUSTIN, Texas — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with two sexual assault cold cases in Austin dating back more than 25 years. On Wednesday, the Austin Police Department ...