Serial killer linked to at least 3 women's cold case murders
Police said forensic testing and genetic genealogy identified Kenneth Smith as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and a third woman in the 1990s.
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Police said forensic testing and genetic genealogy identified Kenneth Smith as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and a third woman in the 1990s.
Nearly three decades after 15-year-old Danielle Houchins was found dead, authorities say DNA finally led them to her killer.
Judith Lord, 22, was found dead in her Concord, New Hampshire apartment in May 1975. Her young son was found in the next room.
James D. Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, has died at 97 years old.
Eva Maria Pommer's body was found on July 4, 2004. She was dressed in an unusual number of layers of clothing for the summertime, Interpol said.
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Denna Campbell was shot five times in her apartment in 1995. Her department-issued handgun was missing and hasn't been found.
A 64-year-old man living in Arizona at the time of his arrest has been charged after DNA linked him to a California cold case.
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A groundbreaking IVF trial has raised hope that women with genetic mutations in their own DNA could one day have children without passing on deadly diseases.
A rape survivor, guilt ridden after learning that an innocent man had been sent to prison in her case, brings together crime victims and exonerees to help heal those impacted by wrongful convictions.
Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her genealogy hobby would lead to the capture of one of California's most notorious criminals, the Golden State Killer. Her pioneering use of genetic genealogy has since helped solve numerous cold cases.
The foundation aims to list all unknown graves on the coasts of the North Sea, hoping to identify remains.
A jury found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking Louisa Dunne in June 1967.
Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female dominance.
The prisoners were tortured and executed during Greece's civil war era, according to historians.
Advanced DNA testing helped police in Clearwater, Florida, identify Edman Eric Gleedy as the man whose remains were first discovered 31 years ago.
Peter Sullivan is the longest-serving victim of a wrongful conviction in the U.K., attorney Sarah Myatt said.
The three men were part of a crew carrying out a low-altitude bombing raid in Burma in August 1943.
Vicki Radig, 20, was reported missing by her family in March 1981.
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