Advanced DNA testing has linked Francis T. Schooley, who died in 2000, to the 1993 and 1994 murders of Marebeth Welsh and ...

Genetic detective CeCe Moore said on “The Truth of the Matter” that genetic genealogy could identify the perpetrator in the Nancy Guthrie case, underscoring the method’s potential in ongoing ...

Some of Indiana’s oldest unsolved crimes are being cracked, thanks to new funding and a growing state police effort that blends traditional detective work with cutting-edge genetic genealogy. Leaders ...

The Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College of New Jersey has helped law enforcement solve another cold case. In June 1991, the body of an 18-year-old woman was found in a motel room ...

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For descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, the desire to know exactly where we come from is a profound ache. We grow up knowing our history was brutally interrupted. We hit the infamous 1870 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A Q-tip, a tissue and a pizza crust. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. To investigators, this seemingly innocuous ...

Recent developments in the investigation of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance have spotlighted the transformative role of DNA genealogy. Authorities in Pima County, Arizona, are leveraging this ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...