Gabriella Vargas is a self-proclaimed "pink-haired, tattooed mom from California who enjoys woodworking and gardening." She also happens to be one of the most talented investigative genetic ...

Genetic genealogy goes beyond finding long lost relatives to solving cold cases. The Golden State Killer was caught years after his crimes due to emerging DNA technology. Genetic genealogy can be used ...

For decades, Rebecca “Becky” Burke’s family feared the worst. The Smyrna native had lost contact with many of them in the 1980s after falling deeper into substance abuse, sparked by prescription ...

A body in the river. A murdered boy. A teenage runaway found dead in the brush. Each is a case with an unanswered question: Who killed them? Detectives are increasingly turning toward genetic ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KOIN) — Police in Eugene, Oregon, have solved a serial killer cold case from the 1980s involving three murdered women, thanks to genetic genealogy. Police say John Charles Bolsinger, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A cutting-edge forensic technique is assisting law enforcement agencies with solving decades-old investigations in Ohio and across the country. On Nov. 3, 1989, the remains of ...

Michael Coble, executive director, Center for Human Identification (CHI) at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), shows DNA test kits to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ...