Forensic genealogy has helped investigators track down serial killers, now police are using it to try to identify Nancy ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To prove that Dennis Rader is BTK - and not the "normal guy" he seems to be - the police have to get creative ...

When BTK started killing, using DNA evidence wasn't the norm. But 20 years later, tiny traces of DNA left on his first victims could be enough to bring him to justice ...

In the time it takes to process thousands of tips and chase down leads, serial offenders can strike again. That's why forensic expert David Mittelman is arguing the rapid DNA breakthroughs in the ...

Over four decades after a teenager was murdered, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s house in Cloverdale, ...

Willard Library is hosting a discussion with author and former cold case investigator Paul Holes at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Kool Family Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek. Holes, a ...

FBI uses investigative genetic genealogy to analyze DNA in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case, the same technology that solved Bryan Kohberger and Golden State Killer cases.

Major criminal trials often feature extensive expert evidence involving meagre traces of DNA left on innocuous items. Infamous trials where DNA evidence featured include the Devon Rolex murder. Blood ...