Solving the puzzle: How Tennessee cold case detectives take on decades-old cases
While many of the state's major cities like Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga have dedicated cold case units, ...
Why unsolved Tennessee cases go cold, what they have in common and who are the victims
Lack of evidence is about the only common theme with unsolved death investigations that become cold cases for variety of ...
Bravo to prosecutor’s GOLD unit for using advanced DNA techniques to solve 23 cold-case rapes and bring 16 to justice: editorial
Balanced against the difficulties in prosecuting decades-old rape cases, however, is what prosecutors say is the peace of ...
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Woman's ancestry DNA test led to gran's arrest over cold murder case
Investigators had been unable to identify the baby or find witnesses for 27 years, and the case went cold. But decades later, ...
An Ohio State University student was killed in 2000. A suspect was just charged.
Charles "Chico" Ballard, 22, was killed on Feb. 8, 2000, after being shot in his University District apartment. A suspect has ...
Lawyers for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann try to disqualify DNA evidence
Heuermann’s lawyers asked a judge to disqualify much of the DNA evidence obtained from the bodies of seven victims, saying ...
Central NY man charged in 1978 German cold case of murder and rape released due to lack of evidence
Oneida, N.Y. – A Central New York Man who was accused earlier this year of the 1978 murder and rape of a German woman after his DNA was linked to the scene is being released from custody after eleven ...
DeKalb County Cold Case Task Force makes sure each person is treated with dignity after death
The task force, assembled in 2022, serves to make sure no person is forgotten regardless if a case has gone cold.
'The only options we have': 35 years later, solving the mystery of Paige Renkoski won't be easy
Renkoski was 30 years old when she disappeared on I-96 near Fowlerville on May 24, 1990. According to Lt. Matt Young of the Livingston County Cold Case Team, she had a degree in child development from ...
Advanced DNA testing identifies 1986 homicide victim from Charlotte
The remains found in Gilmer County, Georgia, in August 1986 have been identified as those of homicide victim David Clary, ...
People rush to delete 23andMe accounts, but DNA can be valuable to cold cases
Lauren Clarke said she hasn’t thought much about 23andMe since FOX10 News paid for DNA tests for her twin daughters in 2019. It was part of an experiment to see how differently the company and its ...
Ramapo College students crack cold cases with DNA
What if students could help solve murders using DNA already on file? At Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey, that's exactly what’s happening. The school's Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center ...