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A man whose body was found in St. Tammany Parish in 2016 has been identified after DNA samples linked him to a foot found in Biloxi years later.

On Oct. 2, 1976, Henry Henderson told police he was “hauling beans to a crib with his granddaughter, Robin Henderson” in a field west U.S Route 6 in Erienna Township in Seneca, about 1.4 miles east of the LaSalle County line, when he noticed something lying in a north ditch.”

Experts on bomb investigations, forensic archaeology, and cold case investigations are among the speakers for the fall University of Rhode Island Forensic Science Seminar Series, which runs Friday afternoons from Sept. 16 through Dec. 9. ...

Investigative genetic genealogy combines cutting-edge DNA analysis and traditional genealogy to crack decades-old cold cases and find long searched for answers.

A jaw bone that washed up on a beach has been identified to Ronald Wayne Jager of Muskegon County who went missing in August 2000. The jaw bone contained three teeth and was found by a jogger running along the Lake Michigan shoreline in July 2014, according to Michigan State Police. The DNA Doe Project worked with MSP to identify the remains. Originally, matches were not found when the DNA recovered was uploaded into theFBI’s DNA System, according to MSP.

The Fruitland Township man's jaw was found in 2014.

The remains of a Michigan man missing since 2000 have been identified more than two decades later.

The victim of a grisly murder in the United States nearly 30 years ago has now been identified thanks in part to advancements in DNA technology and Calgary Police Service members.

After using the latest forensic technology to try to identify a Jane Doe from a cold case murder from 1985, Newark Police asked for the public's help this week.

Modern day DNA sleuthing has solved two Washington rape cases from nearly two decades ago. Both cases had gone cold until local authorities received grants from the Attorney General’s office. That money allowed them to hire forensic genealogists to develop a list of potential suspects.

Authorities in Rosemount announced Wednesday that the cold case of a body found in 2014 has been solved.

He’d been dead for as much as a year, after apparently living in an abandoned railroad shed in Rosemount. And for years, after his remains were found in September 2014, nobody knew his name. Now, thanks to a DNA match, he’s finally been identified.

An American-based charity is calling for Irish people to donate their DNA to help identify a woman with Irish ancestry who was found murdered on the side o...

Human remains found along a rural highway in East Texas 20 years ago have been identified as those of an Arlington woman.

The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project have identified partial skeletal remains that were located by construction workers off Highway 135 in Gregg County 20 years ago.

Human remains known only as "Gregg County Jane Doe 2002" for the past two decades have been identified by the DNA Doe Project as belonging to Pamela Darlene Young.

(Arlington, TX) — Officials are identifying human remains found in East Texas 20 years ago as those of an Arlington woman. A highway work crew found a skull and some partial bones near Longview in May 2002.

Human remains known only as Gregg County Jane Doe 2002 for the past two decades have been identified by the DNA Doe Project as belonging to Pamela Darlene Young.

Human remains found along a highway in East Texas 20 years ago have been identified as those of an Arlington woman.

Los restos humanos encontrados a lo largo de una carretera de East Texas hace 20 años han sido finalmente identificados como los de una mujer de Arlington....

A team of volunteer DNA researchers was able to trace genealogy clues to determine the identity of a young woman pulled from the Mississippi River in St. Paul nearly 50 years ago.

Authorities in Tucson say two unidentified men who died in 2019 have been identified through DNA profiles. Tucson police say the non-profit DNA Doe Project identified the men by building family trees from their genetic matches, with the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner confirming the IDs using corroborating data. Police say one man was found dead in a Tucson homeless encampment in February 2019. Genetic genealogy built from a blood sample and a DNA profile recently determined the man was 61-year-old Tommy Gayle Pool Jr. from Virginia. Another man died in July 2019 after being found unresponsive in the parking lot of a Tucson shopping center. Police say he's now been identified as 64-year-old James “Mark” Chaparro, whose family believed he was living in China.