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 ...

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 ...

Since the ’90s, the name of a woman found dead in an Albuquerque motel was unknown, and no family could be identified. But thanks to new technology, an ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

As the nation is gripped by the upcoming trial in the case of the “Long Island Serial Killer,” a surprising breakthrough has come along regarding possible additional victims. Two bodies found 14 years ...