Authorities are sharing an update nearly three weeks after they sent a pair of gloves, which were similar to her suspected ...

Advanced DNA testing using genealogy databases could take weeks or months to identify Nancy Guthrie's abductor after initial ...

Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

Investigators said on Thursday advanced software allowed crime lab analysts to reexamine old evidence and strengthen the case against a longtime suspect.

A baseball cap dropped on a nightclub floor helped investigators identify the suspected shooter in the recent double murder at Status nightclub.

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

Advanced DNA examination techniques were used to identify Jamie Ann Moore, a 1994 Conway County homicide victim, after her ...

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.

A man whose prior conviction was vacated is fighting to have all charges dismissed in a 1994 killing.

Authorities identified a 'likely perpetrator' in a 2005 sexual assault case through DNA analysis.