Genetic genealogy goes beyond finding long lost relatives to solving cold cases. The Golden State Killer was caught years after his crimes due to emerging DNA technology. Genetic genealogy can be used ...

The 2018 arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, infamously known as the Golden State Killer, put genetic genealogy on the map. Investigators created a DNA profile of DeAngelo using crime scene evidence, and ...

Scientists say using math to sort through DNA could help investigators put stubborn cold cases to rest. The approach combines the relatively new field of forensic genetic genealogy—solving crime by ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KOIN) — Police in Eugene, Oregon, have solved a serial killer cold case from the 1980s involving three murdered women, thanks to genetic genealogy. Police say John Charles Bolsinger, ...

Authorities said they're looking into using genetic genealogy in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's mysterious abduction, and an expert says the cutting-edge technique could be the key. While ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since a 17-year-old girl in McCleary, Washington was kidnapped and raped after being bound and placed in her own vehicle when she arrived home, then taken to another location ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Skeletal remains found under a Colorado highway bridge last April have led investigators thousands of miles away to Richland County, where genetic genealogy is tracing the ...