DNA company policy changes could affect cold case crime solving

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...
NBC4 Columbus

How genetic genealogy is assisting Ohio law enforcement in solving decades-old cases

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 ...
AZFamily

New genetic genealogy database for solved crimes reveals startling trends

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Genetic genealogy leads to perpetrators being arrested and victims being identified in previously unsolved cold cases going back decades. Now, a company has created the ...
Stars and Stripes

We need more funding for genetic genealogy

Every year, thousands of murders in the United States remain unsolved. Today, there are 300,000 cold cases on the books, with thousands more added annually. However, a revolutionary technology — ...
Southeast Missourian

Genetic genealogy: Basics and background

DNA is the chemical that codes for proteins which determine our physical traits. This molecule is a double coil connected by cross pieces (called bases). There are four bases that can vary in sequence ...
CNN

A hearing in the Idaho student killings case focuses on genetic genealogy. Here’s why that may be important

A hearing Wednesday in the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, focused on the investigative genetic genealogy evidence in ...