Earlier this year, police cracked a decades-old murder case by plugging the Golden State Killer’s DNA into a genealogy site that included his relatives’ genetic samples. It turns out that wasn’t some ...

A scant hope of catching the Zodiac Killer perhaps lies on the back of a postage stamp, licked by the murderer 50 years ago. The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the man law enforcement believes is ...

Investigators have used genealogy sites to solve a string of cold cases in recent years, but the US hasn't really had a firm stance on how and when to use those sites. There's now a basic framework in ...

Forensic experts believe genealogy websites — like the one used to catch the East Area Rapist suspect — could now hold the key to catching the Zodiac Killer. “It is possible,” explained Pam Hofsass, a ...

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