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Suspect Identified in Four Cold Case Killings, 40 Years Later
Authorities identified a man Friday who they say killed four women in the Denver, Colorado area four decades ago after a technological breakthrough helped solve a series of cold cases that had long eluded investigators.
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Police Name Suspect in 1993 Cold Case Killing of Maine Grandmother
DNA evidence and new forensic technology are helping propel the investigation into the 1993 cold case killing of 73-year-old Maxine Bitomski.
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Maine State Police Have Suspect in 1993 Cold Case Killing
Maxine Bitomski, 73, was killed in her Kittery, Maine home 29 years ago. Her grandchildren are still calling for answers.
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Convicted Murderer Asks for New DNA Test on Victim's Clothes
A man convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago is asking a court to allow advanced DNA testing on the victim’s clothes. The Portland Press Herald reports that Dennis Dechaine attended a Superior Court hearing virtually on Friday at the Knox County Courthouse in Rockland. Dechaine is serving a life sentence for the murder and sexual assault...
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Omicron Is Prompting New Rules for International Travel to the U.S. Here's What You Need to Know
Starting Monday, inbound travelers to the U.S., including citizens, have to make time and budget for Covid tests closer to their departure date.
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Ex-Soldier Convicted of Teen's 1982 Murder Can't Get DNA Test
A U.S. appeals court ruling urges Congress to correct a disparity that doesn’t allow members of the military convicted by a court-martial the same avenues as civilian prisoners to seek DNA testing that could exonerate them.
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Just 7% of Our DNA Is Unique to Modern Humans: Study
A study published Friday in the journal Science Advances shows that just a sliver of our genome is uniquely shared with other humans, and not shared by other extinct groups like Neanderthals and Denisovans
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Retested DNA Leads to Arrest in 1999 California Kidnap, Rape Case
More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, police announced Thursday.
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Legal Battle Over DNA in Marcotte Murder Case
Nearly five years after Vanessa Marcotte was killed while out for a run in Princeton, attorneys for the murder suspect are asking the court to throw out DNA taken from their client.
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Legal Battle Over DNA in Marcotte Murder Case
Angelo Colon-Ortiz, the man accused of killing Vanessa Marcotte, is looking to toss key DNA evidence that links him to the crime during a hearing Wednesday morning in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Was Christopher Columbus Italian or Spanish? Scientists Are Using Explorer's DNA to Find Out
Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy
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Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1980s Murders of Two 6-Year-Old Boys
A convicted sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old Southern California boys in the 1980s.
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Woman's DNA Search for Her Biological Parents Helps ID 1980 Murder Victims
Authorities have finally identified two homicide victims who were found in the Southern California desert in 1980 and linked to a man imprisoned for murder in Mississippi.
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Dating App Uses Your DNA to Find a Match
Millions of people use dating apps to find their matches, but one using your DNA is in the works in Cambridge.
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Pennsylvania Man Held for 1969 San Diego Rape, Murder
A suspect in the strangulation death of a City Heights woman a half-century ago was behind bars following his out-of-state arrest last weekend, San Diego police reported Tuesday.
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23andMe Lays Off 100 Employees
Home DNA-testing company 23andMe laid off 100 employees this week due to declining sales.
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US to Start Collecting DNA From People Detained at Border
The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide. The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely. A memo outlining the program published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security said...
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Human Remains Found in Cave Identified as Outlaw Who Died More Than 100 Years Ago
A dismembered and headless John Doe, whose remains were found in Idaho caves, has been identified as a murderer who died shortly after he escaped jail more than 100 years ago....
The remarkably well preserved remains of Joseph Henry Loveless were believed to have been placed in the Civil Defense Caves near Dubois, Idaho, in 1916. His torso was found in... -
Pentagon Tells Personnel Not to Use At-Home DNA Kits
Senior Pentagon officials have told members of the Armed Forces to skip what may seem like the perfect holiday gift — an at-home DNA test.
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Lawsuit: Paternity Test Falsely ID'd Baltimore Man as Father
A Baltimore man is suing over a take-home paternity test he says incorrectly indicated he was the father of a 1-year-old girl. Nnanaka Nwofor wants the Ohio-based testing company to pay $75,000 for the cost of supporting the child and her mother and the pain of learning he wasn’t the father.