Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve ...

The infamous 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas, have finally seen resolution after 34 years, thanks to cutting-edge ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that ...

James Oliver Unick, 64, was convicted of murdering 13-year-old Sarah Geer with a special circumstance related to the sexual assault on Friday. He will be sentenced to life without the possibility of ...

Investigative genetic genealogy is helping police across the world solve decades-old mysteries, including the crimes of a Toronto serial killer ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first ...

Is a Texas lab the key to solving the Nancy Guthrie disappearance? Othram takes tiny, degraded samples of DNA to build a ...

Legislation that would require collecting a DNA sample during the booking process from anyone arrested for a felony in Kentucky, was passed by the House on […] ...

A private Florida DNA lab is analyzing evidence in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. The decision to use a private lab instead of the FBI has drawn scrutiny ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases. It's the same step ...

DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.