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.
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Michael Bloomberg hints at presidential bid; how police used online DNA database to crack cold case
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.
DNA leads to arrest 40 years after girl abducted from bus stop, killed
A detective said he arrested Ramirez, who appeared so shocked he could say little more than, "Oh my gosh."
Woman recants her claims about 1999 slayings of Alabama teens
The defense hoped Rena Crumb's testimony could help clear their client. But then she blurted out: "I lied."
DNA links same man to two cold case murders from 1980s
Orange County officials announced this week that a pair of 30 year old homicide cases have been resolved using genetic technology.
Remains found in 1981 at "house of horrors" identified as missing teen
Fillingim had been reported missing by her sister in Tampa on May 16, 1980. She was a week from her 17th birthday.
DNA from coffee cup credited in arrest in 1975 cold-case murder
Investigators say they got the cup from the trash at a Philadelphia airport and used genetic genealogical research as well to lead them to the suspect.
Man held in 4 cold case murders, including slaying of teen girl in 1980
Prosecutors said all four victims were raped, and that DNA evidence linked Richardson to the crimes.
"Princess Doe" identified 40 years after remains found
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said.
Father sentenced 27 years after teen daughter found dead: "Heartless"
After Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch's bodies were found, their bodies remained unidentified for 19 years.
Artist's rendering helps solve "23-year-old mystery" of boy's death
Teresa Ann Bailey Black was arrested after a forensic artist's rendering of the child that led to a tip, authorities said.
DNA identifies girl's killer in 1979 as man executed for different crime
A blood sample previously obtained from him was an exact DNA match to the evidence collected from the girl's clothing, the sheriff's office said.
Tech company CEO charged in 1992 killing of roommate's girlfriend
John Kevin Woodward was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after arriving from Amsterdam.
Nevada man charged 40 years after girl killed while walking to school
Pham disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in Seaside on Jan. 21, 1982. Her body was found two days later.
Iowa approves pricy foreign-owned steel plant project in swing district
Jane Doe's attorney says "she was incapable of consent," alleges cover-up
Medical plane missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, authorities say
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