Kentucky officials have several identified homicide victims and suspects by matching their DNA to potential relatives.

Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

"Who was Judy Doe?" That question had haunted sheriff's investigators in Lake County, Fla., since a body was discovered there in 1984. The answer, officials announced on Jan. 29, was Rebecca Sue Hill, ...

Sidhant Gupta's enigmatic and charismatic portrayal of the French serial killer Charles Sobhraj impressed everyone, but some ...

Jack the Ripper, the legendary murderer of Victorian London, might have finally be unmasked by researcher Russell Edwards.

THE author who claims to have identified serial killer Jack the Ripper has called it “justice” for the families of his victims. Russell Edwards said DNA on a bloody shawl recovered from the body ...

A researcher who says he revealed Jack the Ripper’s identity has told of his joy at finding a 100 per cent DNA match with his suspect.

The investigation into her murder yielded little results for years; until 2004, when the city's cold case division matched ...

Lawyers for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann asked a Suffolk County judge for five separate criminal trials ...

More than 40 years ago, a body was discovered along the side of a dirt road near Lake Dorr in Altoona. For Detective Zachary ...

The office argues nuclear DNA science is "generally accepted" within the scientific community and "based upon technology that ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is scheduled to return to court Wednesday on Long Island ...