DNA

DNA from saliva collected on a sidewalk led to the arrest of a Massachusetts man in connection with the 1988 murder of Karen Taylor, officers said.

A man was convicted of the cold-case murder of an Iowa woman 40 years ago. DNA from a gear shift and the victim's dress helped police decades later.

The victim in a Colorado cold-case murder from 1988 has been identified, police said. Akram Bada’an's identity was confirmed using DNA and genetic genealogy.

Dominique Pélicot shocks Avignon courtroom with confession of drugging and allowing strangers to rape his wife over a decade, authorities said.

Teenager Julie Ann Hanson was murdered in Illinois in 1972, but her case went cold. A Minnesota man accused of the crime 50 years later then died in jail.

Two serial killers worked in Louisana at the same time. While they killed separately, their cases are linked as they were ID'ed in the same investigation.

DNA from a 34-year-old marijuana joint helped North Carolina authorities identify and charge a suspect in a 1989 fatal hit-and-run case.

A victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy was identified using DNA over 40 years after the victim was killed by the famous murderer.

Former politician Robert Telles has been found guilty of murder in the death of investigative journalist Jeff German.

Texas police say DNA linking two murders — one in Austin and one in Bastrop County — points to a potential serial killer operating in the area.

A newborn was found dead in a dumpster 37 years ago, now DNA advances helped lead to the arrest of the baby's mother, cops said.

Researchers have a new three-dimensional model of “Juanita,” a girl who reportedly died in a ritualistic Incan sacrifice in the 1400s.

Twenty years after his conviction for the murder of his wife and unborn child, Scott Peterson hopes new DNA tests could secure him a retrial.

Police in Florida announced the long-time boyfriend of a woman killed 25 years ago has been arrested thanks to new DNA testing.

An elderly woman’s body was found in Vermont and now police say a man has been arrested in connection with her death.

Bones and DNA found in a German cave revealed secrets about early humans and how they interacted with Neanderthals.

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Neanderthals, who lived 50,000 years ago, carried three viruses that still affect humans today.

A recent study claims rhino horns, often sought by poachers, contain more dirt than health-boosting minerals, researchers said.

A decades-old rape kit helped link a Georgia man’s DNA to the fatal stabbings of two people in their Atlanta apartment in 1990, according to authorities.

An Oklahoma man dubbed 'Pokemon Prowler' has been sentenced to prison for multi-state trading card store burglaries, officials said.

Officials announced a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Maryland mother Rachel Morin last year.

Ancient remnants of viral infections persist within the human genome and they could be linked to psychiatric disorders, researchers say.

A recent study examining Beethoven's hair suggests the composer may have suffered from lead poisoning, potentially contributing to his health issues.

An 84-year-old was sentenced to life in prison for the cold-case murder of a couple in a Wisconsin park. The suspect lived a normal life for decades after the killings.

Four babies were found dead in a freezer and after an investigation, prosecutors announced no charges would be filed.

Detectives in Virginia investigating a series of rapes in the 1980s used DNA for the first time to catch a serial killer.

A Louisiana man pleaded guilty to raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Now, a judge sentenced him to castration.

The attorneys for Bryan Kohberger have filed documents stating their client's alibi for the night of the quadruple murder.

Police in Arizona say they arrested a serial rapist who was a retired cop. Efforts to ease the backlog of rape kits led to DNA identifying the suspect.

Researchers say humans and apes don't have tails due to a twist of genetic fate that occurred around 25 million years ago.

Beer cans tossed in the trash helped solved the cold-case murder of a Florida man who was stabbed 73 times and died in a convenience store, police said.

California man confessed to intentionally setting fire to an elderly woman's mobile home. Now, he's spend decades behind bars for her death.

Scientists have recently discovered a virus-like entity that inhabits bacteria in the human mouth and gut.

A woman in Brooklyn has been detained after police say they found a severed head and multiple body parts of a sex offender in taped-off freezer.

Investigators in Michigan recently identified the victim of a cold-case homicide as a Minnesota woman who went missing in 1994.

A genetic project in northern Siberia that could bring the large extinct Woolly Mammoth back from the dead.

A new study has found that the zaps released by electric eels have the power to alter the genetic material of nearby animals.

Florida investigators cracked the cold case murders of three women whose bodies were dumped over a 14-month span between 2000 and 2001.

An analyst claimed that 30% of the DNA from the “non-human” mummified remains does not belong to humans but instead originates from an “unknown species."

They were the "Ken and Barbie Killers" and they looked perfect on the outside, but had hearts as black as coal.

A DNA sample taken from Rex Heuermann's wife matches hairs found on the victim's remains, according to officials.

The digital images crafted based on the CT scan of the skull of a Neanderthal man from France shows unexpected "softer" facial features.

The brutal slaying of adorable six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey gripped America as few crimes have ever done.

A woman in Washington has been accused of allowing her sex offender husband to rape their 10-year-old daughter.

Police arrested a suspect in Maryland after DNA connected him to a nearly 40-year-old cold case murder. Now, he's spending decades in prison.

After 51 years, authorities announced DNA evidence has helped solve the cold case murder of 9-year-old Debbie Randall in Georgia.

A New York man allegedly confessed to the 1994 'heinous' murder of a Virginia mother while her toddler was in the house also, police said.

The FBI in Massachusetts used genetic genealogy to identify a woman who was found brutally murdered on a beach nearly 50 years ago in Provincetown.

An Indiana man is headed to prison after a jury recently convicted him of killing his girlfriend.

A judge called him "the emissary of death" - and for at least 48 young women, Green River Killer Gary Ridgway was exactly that.