Investigators have turned to genetic genealogy to identify DNA found at Nancy Guthrie's home after her kidnapping.

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop in 1991, a heartbroken city was left searching for answers.

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

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.

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

Reanalyzed DNA evidence is creating fresh doubt that twice-convicted killer John Bittrolff is guilty of the 1994 killing of Colleen McNamee, upending one of the most vexing Long Island homicide cases ...

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...