DNA could crack case over 6 decades after family killed in Florida home

It is among Florida's oldest unsolved crimes on record, notorious for its brutality, as well as for a pool of suspects that numbered over 600.

• Feb 6, 2023

Suspected serial killer found guilty in slaying of teen in 1974

Warren Forrest is suspected in the disappearances and deaths of nine girls and women in Clark County between 1971 and 1974.

• Feb 3, 2023

Woman identified 37 years after she was found dying next to highway

DNA technology was used to make the match after the woman's body was exhumed from her grave.

• Feb 2, 2023

Skull found in 1986 ID'd as missing N.J. man after DNA test locates daughter

Forensic tests matched the victim's remains to his daughter, now a 49-year-old woman living in Florida, earlier this year, authorities said.

• Jan 31, 2023

Accused 1980's "pillowcase rapist" convicted in one of the attacks

Authorities said the trail eventually turned cold until 2020, when a DNA hit for one of Koehler's relatives led police to the man.

• Jan 26, 2023

U.S. Marine responds to child kidnap claim

Catherine Herridge reports on part two of the story of "Baby L,” a child who was rescued after a raid in Afghanistan and is now at the center of court battles in the United States.

• Jan 25, 2023
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Judge to consider freedom for man amid new evidence in woman's 1991 murder

"Whenever you have a White, female victim ... it gets a lot more attention than people of color and Native Hawaiians," said the co-director of the Hawaii Innocence Project.

• Jan 24, 2023

Sneak peek: A Killer in the Family Tree

When a woman uploads her DNA to a genealogy website, authorities show up at her door. Is there a double murderer in her family tree? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, Jan. 21 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

• Jan 18, 2023
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Arrest made 19 years after woman's headless torso found at rest stop

Police say DNA from the crime scene finally helped lead them to the suspect.

• Jan 12, 2023

Man convicted in 1984 home invasion attacks claims he doesn't remember them

Michael Sharpe, 71, was sentenced in Connecticut to 40 to 72 years in prison on kidnapping charges connected to a series of attacks on four women.

• Jan 10, 2023

Woman found dead in 1971 identified; authorities now looking for killer

Kathy Alston was supposed to see her family off at the airport as they prepared to move to Texas, but never showed up.

• Jan 10, 2023

Woman found dead on shore of Lake Michigan in 1997 is identified

26-year-old Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker, of Chicago, accidentally drowned before her unclothed body was discovered on October 27, 1997, police announced.

• Jan 9, 2023

Police: DNA connects suspect to Idaho murders

A police affidavit released Thursday details alleged evidence connecting a suspect to the killing of four University of Idaho students, including DNA found at the crime scene. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant sat down with friends and colleagues of Bryan Kohberger to learn more about the suspect.

• Jan 6, 2023
• 3:52

Police ID woman killed in 1988 after new info leads them to her son

"Advancements in technology and scientific testing have led to this new information," Kentucky State Police Post 5 Detective Paul Johnson said.

• Dec 20, 2022

Boy found dead in 1978 identified: "Identifying his killer is the next step"

"Justice delayed doesn't have to be justice denied in this case," authorities said.

• Dec 16, 2022

Woman's 1994 murder solved after detectives dig up grave of U.S. Marine

"Like an episode of 'CSI', a series of breakthroughs led to Lillian's killer," the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

• Dec 13, 2022

Murder case solved using DNA from a tree

In 2019, a mother in Missouri went missing, and juniper tree needles would later help lead investigators to her killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant joins "CBS Mornings" to share an inside look at his upcoming "48 Hours" report, "The Tree That Helped Solve a Murder."

• Dec 9, 2022
• 3:21

Oldest-ever DNA samples reveal Greenland forest with reindeer

The northeast tip of Greenland "is a lonely, barren place." But the oldest DNA ever discovered reveals that 2 million years ago, it was filled with lush greenery and reindeer that "should not have survived."

• Dec 9, 2022

34 years after woman's murder, DNA leads to suspect 2,000 miles away

Gene Meyer lived about a mile from where Betty Rolf's body was found on Nov. 7, 1988, just outside of Appleton, Wisconsin

• Dec 9, 2022

"Torso Killer" admits slaying 5 women decades ago, including 23-year-old mom

Richard Cottingham has been imprisoned since 1980, when he was arrested after a motel maid heard a woman screaming inside his room.

• Dec 5, 2022

Woman adopted as infant finds biological dad

Deanna Shrodes grew up knowing she was adopted as an infant. At age 27, she found her biological mother, but her father's identity was kept from her. But in May, a DNA match led to an unlikely reunion, and then an unlikely act of kindness. David Begnaud has more.

• Nov 30, 2022
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Woman finds biological father after lifelong search and becomes his caregiver

Deanna Shrodes, an ordained minister, found her father when he was 92 after she said God spoke to her and told her his name.

• Nov 30, 2022

Coroner seeks DNA to identify remains linked to possible serial killer

Investigators believed Herbert Baumeister, a married father of three, lured men to his home and killed them in the 80s and 90s.

• Nov 30, 2022

Man charged in 1983 killings of women found dead in their homes

Police are looking to see if Sutherland is linked to any other cases.

• Nov 28, 2022

Suspect convicted in 1987 killing of man and son in Connecticut home

Capt. Ronald Smith of the Hamden police told the New York Times the murders were "bone-chilling."

• Nov 23, 2022

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