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Killer eludes police for 31 years; one woman found him in 2 hours
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story originally aired Nov. 20, 2021. it was updated on Jan. 21, 2023. When Chelsea Rustad...
Genetic genealogy has become a boon to crime investigators
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMost people have heard of genetic genealogy in relation to crime-solving. In recent years,...
Could DNA tests bring home missing kids? Lack of diversity in databases hinders searches
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDonna Green held her infant son for only five days before he was kidnapped from her Atlanta home by...
Rita Curran murder solved: What DNA on a cigarette butt showed after nearly 52 years
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRita Curran's family finally has closure after 52 years. The Burlington Police Department announced...
DNA collected from chewing gum leads to arrest and conviction in 1980 cold case murder
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDNA found in a piece of discarded chewing gum led to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in a...
DNA from a coffee cup tossed in the trash earlier this year led authorities to charge man in teen's...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLindy Sue Biechler.Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office Investigators made an arrest in a...
How a single strand of rootless hair helped crack the 1982 murder of a 5-year-old girl
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a rainy morning in January 1982, Anne Pham got ready for school and walked alone to her...
DNA is solving cold cases everywhere. One true-crime writer thinks that's a tricky path
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEdward Humes, author of 'The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder,' discusses the implications of forensic genealogy.
Coffee cup helps US police crack 46-year-old cold case after 300 interviews and task force didn’t
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA coffee cup discarded at Philadelphia International Airport earlier this year has led to a...
Discarded cigarette butt helped investigators solve 52-year-old mystery of who killed a Vermont...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA cigarette butt, left, and Rita Curran's brother Tom, right, in a composite image.Getty Images;...