Endangered wolf prized for genetic value found dead in New Mexico
"Anyone who kills a collared wolf is either an inept coyote hunter or a sick human being," said one wildlife advocate.
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Ancient DNA gives rare glimpse of Neanderthal family dynamics
Research shows a father and his teenage daughter lived together in Siberia more than 50,000 years ago.
Use of crime victim's DNA raises privacy concerns
A woman said she was arrested for theft after San Francisco police used her DNA from a rape kit taken in 2016. The charges against her were later dropped after the district attorney discovered the source of the evidence. Janet Shamlian has more.
Sexual assault victim says rape kit DNA used against her by police
A woman claims San Francisco police arrested her for theft based on DNA sample she had submitted to them as evidence years earlier for a rape investigation.
Rape survivor's DNA is turned against her
Janet Shamlian has an exclusive interview with a young woman who was raped and gave her DNA to San Francisco police to help find the man who attacked her. Six years later, SFPD used the DNA that they had stored to press charges against her for an alleged crime.
Drop of blood leads to arrest in 1989 stabbing deaths of Vermont couple
Forensic testing confirmed a DNA match to George Peacock in a spot of blood found inside Michael Louise's car, police said.
Remains identified as those of 14-year-old girl missing since 1969
State police are asking for the public's help to find the individual responsible for her death.
Man accused of killing women near canal in 1990s heads to trial
Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas both disappeared while riding their bicycles along the Arizona Canal in north Phoenix.
Man sentenced to life in prison for killing woman 36 years ago
The break came in 2020 after investigators obtained a DNA sample from Carbo — who was 18 at the time of the murder — and it matched.
Man gets 75 years for 1993 murder of woman found in dorm bathtub
Janitors found Sophie Sergie's body in a bathtub in the shower room on the afternoon of April 26, 1993.
Teen soldier who went missing during Korean War accounted for
It was the news his family — including his now 99-year-old sister Elizabeth Fiorentini — has been awaiting for decades.
Man accused in woman's 1972 death calls his arrest "unconstitutional"
Tudor Chirila, 77, is accused of second-degree murder in the 1972 fatal stabbing of Nancy Anderson in her Honolulu apartment.
Inmate charged in 1990 "package killer" murders of 4 women
Gary Muehlberg confessed to the 1990 killings after DNA testing linked him to one of the murders, authorities said.
Woman can avoid prison time for hiding her baby's death in 2009
Karin Luttinen, 46, pleaded guilty to the charge in 2022 after DNA testing confirmed she was the mother following years of investigation.
Lawsuit: Police used rape kit DNA in arrest
A California woman is suing the city of San Francisco after she was arrested last year. Police used DNA from a rape test kit submitted years prior to connect her to an unrelated crime. The case against her was later dropped. Her lawyer, Adanté Pointe, joins CBS News to discuss what makes this case different from other DNA-related arrests and the implications it could have for women reporting rape and sexual assault.
50 years after woman was killed in Hawaii, ex-Nevada deputy AG arrested
Police had reopened the cold case multiple times since the killing and received a tip in December that Tudor Chirila Jr. could be a suspect.
DNA leads to arrest 8 years after family killed inside Texas home
According to the affidavit, the suspect had unsuccessfully tried to get the victim's help with a promotion at work
Woman sues San Francisco over arrest based on DNA from rape kit
Lawyer calls it "government overreach of the highest order, using the most unique and personal thing we have – our genetic code."
Reporter's murder exposes threats to media
Elected county official Robert Telles is accused of stabbing investigative reporter Jeff German to death earlier this month. Carlos Martinez de la Serna, the program director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, discusses how this exposes threats to media and freedom of the press.
New DNA collected in killing of women at Kansas bakery in 2002
Mary Drake was a customer, and Mandi Alexander had begun working as a clerk the week she was killed.
Scientists race to record genetic blueprints
Researchers in England are racing to record the genetic blueprints of all the Earth's known species before some of them could become extinct. The scientists plan to spend a decade digitizing the DNA of animals and plants as part of the Earth BioGenome Project. Roxana Saberi has more.
Sister's DNA helps identify bones found in 1991 as California woman
The bones were discovered on Jan. 22, 1991 -- two weeks after what would have been Coffey's 37th birthday.
California man convicted of 1980s rape-murders of two women
Investigators used genealogy websites to help them solve the cases. Prosecutors called Horace Van Vaultz Jr. a sexually motivated serial killer.
Minnesota man convicted in woman's 1986 rape and murder
Nancy Daugherty's death "prompted one of the most exhaustive investigations" in the county, officials said.
Man charged with 1992 murders in apparent revenge for snowmobile crash
"He started to think about the accident that killed his father. Those thoughts led to him going to the home of Tanna Togstad," the complaint says.
Hegseth's group reprimanded for noise at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Nvidia's stock dives as board weighs move to oust Jensen Huang
Baby found buried alive, father charged with attempted murder
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