Young mom's 1975 murder solved, New Hampshire authorities say
Judith Lord, 22, was found dead in her Concord, New Hampshire apartment in May 1975. Her young son was found in the next room.
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Judith Lord, 22, was found dead in her Concord, New Hampshire apartment in May 1975. Her young son was found in the next room.
The dead baby was found on April 1, 1982 by children waiting for a school bus in Northfield, Vermont.
Dennis Dechaine is serving a life sentence for the murder and sexual assault of Sarah Cherry, who disappeared while babysitting in 1988.
Elroy Harrison, 65, has been charged with one cold case murder after forensic genetic genealogy connected him to two cold cases.
Benjamin Adams' remains have been identified after New Hampshire authorities used modern DNA testing technology.
"People didn't think it could really be done," Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, told CBS News.
FBI investigators were able to crack the case of the longest unidentified homicide victim in Massachusetts. WBZ-TV's Mike Sullivan reports.
WBZ-TV's Mike Sullivan reports.
A Roslindale man is facing two separate arraignments for unsolved rapes that are now linked to him through DNA evidence.
Genetic specialists have a warning for consumers: genetic tests that are sold online and in stores may not be reliable when it comes to health conditions.
Researchers have found that small genetic changes can make a big difference in how we smell.
Michigan State University researchers have developed a DNA tool to determine a person's height and predict their risk for certain disease.
Police have sent the DNA to a lab in Texas where advanced testing will be done to come up with a more detailed profile.
The future of a bird that has been extinct since about 1932 will be the topic of discussion among researchers, conservationists, and interested citizens on Martha's Vineyard Thursday night.
Defense attorneys and crime victims say long delays are impacting justice.
DeSalvo's body was taken to the medical examiner, where tissue or bone samples will be taken.
Albert DeSalvo's remains will be dug up because DNA from the scene of Mary Sullivan's rape and murder produced a "familial match" with him.
Detective Phil DiNatale was one of the key investigators assigned to track the case and now his son is glad DNA evidence might prove his father right.
Sullivan, 19, was raped and murdered in her Charles Street apartment on January 4, 1964, just three days after she moved to the city from the Cape.
Female DNA and fingerprints found on a bomb fragment recovered from the Boston Marathon attacks do not match the widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, CBS News reported Friday.
It's now possible for anyone to dive into the secrets of their DNA with an affordable at-home test.
The high court on Friday sent Dirk Greineder's case back to the Supreme Judicial Court for further consideration.
A container of lip balm was the clue linking a New Hampshire man and woman to a crime.
WBZ has learned evidence from the crime scenes, such as cigarettes found at Warren's Comins Pond where Molly disappeared, is being tested for DNA.
Prosecutors say they found the man who sexually assaulted a woman on a crowded Green Line train back in June 2004..
