Law enforcement cases solved using genetic genealogy
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This page lists some of the Law enforcement cases solved using genetic genealogy. The cases are arranged in categories and sorted by date in reverse chronological order.
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Murder cases
- Troopers announce they’ve identified killer in 1996 Sitka cold case murder of teenage girl; Arkansas suspect kills himself - Anchorage Daily News - 8 Aug 2020
- Suspect arrested in 32-year-old Bay Area cold case murder of Baby John Doe - SFGate - 3 Aug 2020
- A cigarette leads to an arrest in a 27-year cold case - Lynwood Times - 29 Jul 2020
- Arrest Made in 1986 Chisholm Cold Case Murder of Nancy Daugherty - Fox21 - 29 Jul 2020
- Retired JSO homicide detective, ex-wife arrested in 1999 Jacksonville cold case murder - First Coast News - 2 Jul 2020
- A murder case in the Keys has been solved 29 years later. No charges will be filed - FLKeysNews - 15 Jun 2020
- 42-Year Old Cold Case Murder Solved; Real Estate Agent’s Body Was Found At Cantonment Home - NorthEscambia.com - 9 Jun 2020
- Genealogist uses ancestry website to track down knife killer - The Times UK - 14 Jun 2020
- Delaware County authorities solve 1983 cold case of 15-year-old boy's murder - WBNS10 - 29 Apr 2020
- Sac Sheriff: Arrest made in 40-year-old cold case using DNA evidence - KCRA3 - 24 Apr 2020
- Serial killer Terry Rasmussen's victims, known and unknown - ABC News - 17 Mar 2020
- 40-year-old cold case solved with new genetic genealogy technology - TheDenverChannel - 6 Mar 2020
- California police use genealogy database to solve 46-year-old cold case killing - UPI - 27 Feb 2020
- The Case Of Pamela Maurer’s Murder Went Cold For Decades, Then Genetic Sleuthing By Parabon Helped Crack It - CBSChicago - 15 Jan 2020
- Man dead for years identified as suspect in 1984 murder of 15-year-old girl - Yahoo News - 5 Dec 2019
- An Arizona man is arrested in the 1979 murder of a woman in Nevada - CNN - 18 Nov 2019
- L.A. prosecutors use genealogy search to make arrest in 1980s killings of two women - L.A.Times - 15 Nov 2019
- Suspect, victim identified in 20-year-old Wisconsin cold case - WQOW.com - 8 Nov 2019
- Mother who stuffed newborn girl ‘Julie Valentine’ in box and tossed her woods is also connected to death of newborn son - CrimeOnline - 17 May 2019
- 1974 Peninsula Cold Case Linked To Hayward Man: SMC Sheriff's - Patch - 17 May 2019
- DNA, family tree help solve 52-year-old Seattle murder case - Star Tribune/AP - 7 May 2019
- Indiana police say 47-year-old murder of college student Pamela Milam solved - NBC News - 6 May 2019
- Discarded cigarette leads to arrest in 1994 murder - KOIN6 - 20 Apr 2019
- Edmonds man pleads not guilty in 1972 murder of Jody Loomis - KIRO7 - 17 Apr 2019
- A look at the technology used in the now closed, 45-year-old double-homicide case out of Billings - ABCNews - 25 Mar 2019
- Truck-driving preacher charged with killing 2 teenage girls nearly 20 years ago - New Haven Register - 19 Mar 2019
- Arrest made in 43-year-old Marinette County murder case - Fox11News - 15 Mar 2019
- Cold Case Detectives Identify Suspect of Unsolved Rapes and Murder; DNA and Genealogy Helped Solve the Crimes - Fairfax News - 15 Mar 2019
- DNA links Navy classmate to 1984 cold case murder of 25-year-old Pamela Cahanes - ABCNews - 14 Mar 2019
- Investigators solve 1970s cold cases with emerging DNA technique - CBSNews - 26 Feb 2019
- DNA leads to man's arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe: 'We have never forgotten Linda' - ABCNews - 20 Feb 2019
- How genealogists helped track down the Maine man accused of killing Sophie Sergie nearly 26 years ago - Anchorage Daily News - 16 Feb 2019
- A Genetic 'Witness' Links An Oregon Cold Case To A Texas Killer - Texas Public Radio - 5 Feb 2019
- Police: DNA, forensic genealogy helps solve 40-year-old homicide of Portland woman - KATU2 - 31 Jan 2019
- Prosecutor: Victim of fatal sword attack in 2006 had been stabbed 30+ times - San Diego Union Tribune - 29 Jan 2019
- 28-year-old Fremont cold case solved, thanks to DNA match, police say - San Francisco Chronicle - 24 Jan 2019
- DJ admits to cold case murder after being linked through novel DNA technique, apologizes to victim's family in court - ABC News - 8 Jan 2019
- Indiana man who taunted police pleads guilty to 1988 murder of April Tinsley - NBC News - 7 Dec 2018
- Suspect in 1973 Palo Alto killing caught through DNA matchup - San Francisco Chronicle - 22 Nov 2018
- DNA Technology Identifies Suspect in Woman's Unsolved Valentine's Day 2007 Killing - NBC7 San Diego - 13 Nov 2018
- Orlando police solve 2001 cold case murder using DNA, genealogy database Orlando Sentinel - 5 Nov 2018
- Murder Charge Filed In Odenton Cold Case, 2nd Suspect Dead - Patch - 3 Nov 2018
- 21 years later, police make arrest in shooting death of Fulton County woman - Atlanta Journal Constitution - 1 Nov 2018
- Officials identify suspect in 1990 rape, killing of Arkansas woman abducted from video store - Arkansas Democrat Gazette - 20 Oct 2018
- Rienzi man charged with 1990 Starkville murder - Daily Journal - 8 Oct 2018
- Greenville cold case solved: Jenny Zitricki killed by serial killer Robert Brashers in 1990, police say - Greenville News - 5 Oct 2018
- Sheriff: New DNA technology solves 1999 murder of Sarasota woman - Herald-Tribune - 19 Sep 2018
- Man arrested for 2009 murder of 22-year-old mother through same type of testing that caught 'Golden State Killer' suspect - ABC News - 29 Aug 2018
- How DNA and a tattoo led to charges in cold R.I. murder case - Providence Journal - 27 Jul 2018
- Bryan murderer exhumed to confirm DNA evidence he was responsible for another decades-old cold case - Dallas News - 27 Jun 2018
- DNA on napkin used to crack 32-year-old cold case, police say - CNN - 23 Jun 2018
- DNA leads to arrest of man in 1987 killing of couple in Washington state - CBS News - 21 May 2018
- 'Open-source' genealogy site provided missing DNA link to East Area Rapist, investigator says - Sacramento Bee - 27 Apr 2018
Sexual assault cases
- Chandler police arrest sex assault suspect in 1991 cold case - Daily Independent - 6 Aug 2020
- Muskogee man charged with five counts of rape - Muskogee Phoenix - 11 Jun 2020
- Serial rapist to spend life in prison for decades-old attacks in northern Utah - Deseret News - 6 Apr 2020
- DNA On Plastic Spoon Leads To Livermore Man’s Arrest For 1997 Rapes - KPIX5 - 18 Nov 2019
- Cops: Potomac River Rapist, who killed a woman and raped many others in the '90s, arrested - WJLA - 14 Nov 2019
- DNA used to charge man in connection with 9 Fayetteville cold case rapes - CBS17 - 7 May 2019
- NorCal Rapist suspect arrested. He’s a 58-year-old safety specialist at UC Berkeley - The Sacramento Bee - 21 Sep 2018
- DNA, genetic genealogy helps investigators crack unsolved rape of 12-year-old - WFLA8 - 10 Jan 2019
- 'DNA Gave Us a Break:' Genealogy Tools Lead Montgomery Co. Police to Cold Case Rape Suspect - NBC 4 - 14 Sep 2018
- In Serial Rape Case That Stumped Police, Genealogy Database Leads to Arrest - New York Times - 23 Aug 2018
- Police arrest Hurricane man for alleged rape of 79-year-old woman in St. George - St. George News - 28 Jul 2018
Unidentified persons
- Solved: For 43 years, she was ‘Precious’ Jane Doe - HeraldNet - 26 Jun 2020
- Man stolen as a baby found living in Michigan 55 years after crime - 8NewsNow.com - 12 Dec 2019
- Who Am I? Mystery of a 1978 Lynnwood John Doe is solved - Herald.net - 25 Nov 2019
- DNA testing helps ID man found near James River in 2016 - NBC12 - 29 Mar 2019