For many weeks now, the gruesome quadruple murders of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin have been the subject of intense national coverage ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) today announced, in conjunction with the 2010 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, that its ...

Chelsea Rustad never expected to learn of a killer in her family tree when she submitted her DNA to a genealogy database. For this week's "48 Hours" report, "A Killer in the Family Tree," ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- A popular DJ pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping and strangling a schoolteacher in 1992 after being identified as a suspect as a result of DNA a relative had submitted to a ...

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 ...

Authorities touted the use of a growing, powerful, yet contentious forensic technique to bring the search for a suspect in last year’s killing of Rachel Morin to a long-awaited close. The FBI credited ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger awaits extradition to Idaho to face murder charges, questions are mounting about how police were able to name their suspect in the high-profile ...

Investigators tapped into the same database that California authorities used last year to track down the infamous Golden State Killer. Robert Brian Thomas, 61, of Michigan, has been linked to two ...

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A Michigan man has been nabbed for two-decade-old rapes in Florida after DNA in the cases matched a distant relative of the now-61-year-old suspect. Genealogy database GEDmatch linked Robert Brian ...

Earlier this month, a genealogy database helped Tampa, Florida police identify and arrest a suspect in a 14-year-old cold case. Fox 13 reported the suspect, Jared Vaughn, was arrested and charged with ...