A DNA discovery has a Dorchester man facing charges in connection to a 36-year-old cold case.The Suffolk County District ...

A sexual assault case at a college went unsolved for many years until officers received a DNA hit, finally leading to an ...

Faced with unreliable data, reporters scrutinized dozens of agencies to determine how many rapists were convicted and how ...

You may have learned how DNA testing can lead to suspects being identified in cold cases and in unsolved homicides, but there’s more to the practice than most know.

Now that Paula Ann Lundgren's identity is known, the sheriff's office hopes "new leads can be developed as to how she came to ...

The nationwide effort aimed to clear backlogged sexual assault kits and put rapists behind bars. The $350M investment has netted about 1,500 convictions so far.

Local governments lost his birth records. But Paul J. Hammond used DNA testing to learn his roots aren’t in Georgetown. His ...

It was Thanksgiving Day 2023 when Jackie Novak says she received an email from the DNA testing company, Embark, that she ...

Genealogical research identified a likely suspect, and in March 2023, investigators retrieved the suspect's discarded cup and made a DNA match.

The podcast shines a light on Jesse Lee Johnson, a man formerly convicted of murder and placed on death row for 17 years ...

Children get all kinds of books from their parents while growing up. But a book mine gave me when I was around 10 years old ...