EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - 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 ...

Based on DNA evidence, a Columbus man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of strangling two Columbus women to death in the 1990s and raping one of them. Franklin County ...

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 ...

It was January of 1980 when 21-year-old Helene Pruszynski was kidnapped, raped and murdered in Douglas County, Colorado. Her body was found in a field, but police never identified a suspect.

When leads in unsolved California killings stalled, one "badass detective" began pushing for answers. Detective Matt Hutchison has spent years digging into the toughest cold cases to deliver answers ...

Melissa Zimmerman’s rape kit sat untested for years before DNA from another case tied Mohamud Bulle to her 2013 assault Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Mohamud Bulle was convicted of raping Melissa ...

Skeletal remains found in 1966 identified as Ronald Cole through DNA analysis by Ventura County Sheriff's Office and partners.

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 ...

Sandoval County closes 4 cold cases in 18 months ...