Familial DNA led investigators to a suspect arrested for sexual assaults in Texas and Oklahoma.

Detectives continue to look for potential leads in the decades-old mystery of JonBenét Ramsey’s murder. JonBenét was six years old when her family reported her missing from their Colorado home on ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Timothy Williams is accused of raping and murdering 14-year-old Wendy Jerome in 1984 on Webster Avenue. It took years, and years of working the case to get anywhere. The case picked ...

PHOENIX - It has been just over 10 years since a woman was found dead by her boyfriend at her Scottsdale home, and on Nov. 12, trial began for Ian Mitcham, the man who police say murdered Allison ...

Virginia will begin using familial DNA searches to identify violent criminals, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday. The tool will allow investigators to search the DNA database for people who might be ...

A Texas man police say they have linked to seven sex crime victims over 14 years is in custody this week thanks, in part, to a familial DNA search, authorities report. The Berkeley Scanner broke the ...

Seeking to stop a rapist, veteran DNA detective CeCe Moore found herself fighting a battle among the trees—family trees, that is. And as a result of her meticulous mystery-solving acumen, Utah can ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday its G.O.L.D. Unit has cracked open seven cold case sexual assaults dating back to the 1990s. The prosecutor’s office ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled police can resume a DNA searching method that can identify relatives of potential suspects, a technique that has helped solve crimes but ...

ALBANY — New York’s top court cleared the way for expanded use of family DNA searches in criminal cases, in a 4-3 ruling handed down Thursday. The Court of Appeals said a state agency didn’t overstep ...

The retrial of a man accused of the 1984 murder of a Rochester teenager will start Monday morning after a mistrial in an earlier attempt because of possible juror misconduct. Timothy Williams is ...