Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a ...

Nearly two weeks after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home, law enforcement says a glove found not far ...

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.

Forensic investigators confirm that DNA recovered from the home and nearby evidence failed to match any national database ...

While DNA evidence found on a glove believed to have been worn by a man suspected of abducting Nancy Guthrie didn't produce a match in the FBI's database, it could still give investigators the clues ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study led by researchers from the University of Oregon dug into limitations of a forensic tool used at crime scenes — discovering one way that people may be incorrectly ...

In 1994, the remains of 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie, an airman killed in the Vietnam War, were identified and confirmed by DNA testing in 1998. He was exhumed and reburied closer to his family. It ...

Here's a scenario: police take a blood sample from a crime scene. They compare the DNA to that of convicted criminals, but get no match. But they find someone with similar DNA, and that leads them to ...

Forensic genealogy has helped investigators track down serial killers, now police are using it to try to identify Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper. The post Forensic genealogy helped catch killers. Can it ...