The Seattle Police Department (SPD) solved its second cold case in less than a week. Thomas Hess was found dead in his Seattle apartment on Valentine’s Day 2015. He had blunt force trauma to his head, ...

After decades of silence, advancements in DNA technology are bringing long-awaited answers for cold cases in the Upper Midwest Retired Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand speaks after a press conference ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Genetic genealogy has helped solve hundreds of cold cases in recent years. The process uses DNA testing and public databases to discover ancestral origins, potentially ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A new forensic process is helping investigators across Oklahoma identify remains in cold cases dating back decades — including a Canadian County case involving a woman who had ...

After 28 years of no answers, DNA has helped solve the cold-case homicide of a floral designer and mother of two who was raped, bludgeoned to death and left face down in a Spokane alley in 1997. The ...

TEXARKANA, Texas- Police are hoping to solve more cold cases using advanced DNA technology. Investigators recently made a break-through in a more than decade old case, and they're not stopping there.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - More than 500 missing and murdered children in the United States remain unidentified and unaccounted for, with many families left without answers for decades. Othram, a DNA ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve cases. In the Lowcountry, a 40-year-old cold case was ...

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office has identified a woman killed in a 1968 homicide using partner agencies and advancements in forensic genealogy. On Thursday, the sheriff’s office and State Bureau of ...

These articles describe how new forensic and DNA technologies have helped investigators resolve long-unsolved cases. Each story shows law enforcement reopening cold cases as tools improved.