SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve cases. In the Lowcountry, a 40-year-old cold case was ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 34 years, the Austin Police Department announced Friday it linked a suspect to the murder of four girls who were found inside a burning business in 1991. The incident was later ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

Familial DNA searches help authorities "identify potential relatives of the alleged perpetrator" in DNA databases.

Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Maki.Becker@wkbw.com BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Richard Fox, the suspect in the murders of two Buffalo women ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Researchers in Utah are leading the way when it comes to collecting DNA in sexual assault cases. At this moment, Utah is the only state using touch DNA to find answers, and the ...

A Fulton County murder case from 21 years ago has finally been solved. The advancement in technology for DNA matching is how police were able to catch the suspect, 61-year-old Jerry Lee. Authorities ...

Thanks to advanced DNA technology, law enforcement has solved a 12-year-old case. Authorities now say the unidentified human remains -- discovered more than a decade ago -- belong to Velma Louise ...

It took nearly 28 years for police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, to determine the identity of the man detectives say killed 50-year-old Sherry Crandell back in 1998. The case had gone cold ...