A man has been convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of a young girl after investigators were able to use a cigarette to link ...

James Unick was found guilty in the 1982 murder of Sarah Geer after DNA evidence from a cigarette butt linked him to the crime.

Investigators said on Thursday advanced software allowed crime lab analysts to reexamine old evidence and strengthen the case ...

Allegheny County’s longest cold case for an unidentified victim has been solved using DNA technology. On Wednesday, the ...

Investigators said modern DNA technology helped them confirm a deceased serial killer murdered an 82-year-old Hillsboro woman ...

Nashville police use forensic genetic genealogy to identify remains found decades ago, solving multiple unidentified remains cases.

The boy’s mother agreed to take a plea deal, pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for prosecutors dropping a murder charge.