Human remains found in the woods of New Hampshire in 1986 have finally been identified, thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and DNA testing.

Officials say they've identified a human skull discovered nearly four decades ago in Bristol as belonging to Warren Kuchinsky, a Plymouth man last known to be alive in the mid-1970s. His identity was ...

For nearly five decades, the mysterious disappearance of Peter Adams, who was just 20 at the time, went unsolved.

FREEHOLD, New Jersey -- Authorities say new DNA tests have allowed them to solve the rape and murder of a woman whose body was found at the boardwalk of a seaside city in New Jersey nearly three ...

Thanks to advanced DNA technology, law enforcement has solved a 12-year-old case. Authorities now say the unidentified human remains -- discovered more than a decade ago -- belong to Velma Louise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dismembered adult body found in Hempstead Lake State Park, which had commonly been referred to as “Peaches” due to a tattoo of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, the Austin Police Department (APD) held a press conference detailing how advanced DNA testing led them to identify the suspect responsible for the 1991 murders of four girls ...

More than 12 years since a skull was discovered in Mendocino County, advanced DNA testing has revealed that the remains belonged to a Napa woman, officials said. In March 2013, brush cutting workers ...

It used to — before rapid DNA — take months. This gets them the sample in 90 minutes,” said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Hunter ...