The throng of reporters camped out around Tucson is beginning to thin. It’s been nearly two weeks since Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos held a news conference updating…
Read more 3 ways investigators could solve the Nancy Guthrie kidnappingInvestigators in the Nancy Guthrie case in Arizona have turned to an investigative technique called genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of DNA evidence that’s…
Read more Investigators in Nancy Guthrie case turn to genetic genealogy for DNA leads, a tactic that’s cracked big cases beforeGenetic genealogy helps solve cold cases, and the Prince George’s County Police Department used federal funds dedicated to it to solve the Sherry Crandell case. It took nearly…
Read more ‘Identify the worst of the worst’: How DNA helped solve a cold case in Prince George’s County – WTOP NewsA woman found dead in a ravine in 1998 has been identified, California police say. Photo from El Cajon Police Department For decades, a woman found dead in…
Read more Woman found dead in ravine in 1998 identified but mystery remains, CA cops sayAn undated yearbook photo of Bryant Edward Deane. Photo from DNA Doe Project Workers clearing brush near an Oregon bridge made a grim discovery more than three decades…
Read more Remains found near bridge in 1992 ID’d, ending decades-long mystery, OR cops sayCanadian authorities have identified a person known as “The Woman in the Well” nearly two decades after her remains were found. The woman, Alice Spence, was born in…
Read more Human remains found in Canadian well identified as woman born in 1881When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the…
Read more DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of IncestBenefits & risks of at-home genetic tests DNA privacy dilemma: Benefits and risks of at-home genetic tests 03:37 Hackers accessed the personal data of millions of people who…
Read more 23andMe hack letSeptember 4, 1981 was the day these men say their childhood ended. Jeff Slaten and his younger brother, Tim, had been awakened by Lakeland, Florida, police officers, and…
Read more Murdered Florida woman’s son hung this photo on his bedroom wall, never knowing he was standing in front of his mother’s killerOn Sept. 4, 1981, Jeff Slaten, 15 and his brother Time, 12, were awakened by Lakeland, Florida, police and told their mother, Linda Slaten, had been murdered. Investigators…
Read more Decades-long search for Florida mom’s killer ends with arrest of son’s childhood football coachIt was Jan. 6, 1982, a bitter cold evening with blizzard-like conditions, when two women hitchhikers vanished from the popular ski resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado, and were…
Read more Authorities unknowingly rescued man from snowdrift after he killed 2 women near Breckenridge, ColoradoGabriella Vargas is a self-proclaimed “pink-haired, tattooed mom from California who enjoys woodworking and gardening.” She also happens to be one of the most talented investigative genetic genealogists…
Read more Genetic genealogist helps solve a case that had “a gnat’s eyebrow of DNA” left from the crime sceneIn February 1987, Terry Wood came home from a night of bowling to discover his wife, Roxanne, dead on the kitchen floor in their home in Niles, Michigan.…
Read more How a DNA
