NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Advanced DNA technology is helping the Metro Nashville Police Department identify human remains. The DNA testing is helping with several different cases, including one where ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

OTTUMWA — Nearly three years after a femur bone was recovered from the Des Moines River near Keosauqua, DNA evidence has confirmed it belongs to a missing Ottumwa man. The Ottumwa Police Department ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The remains of a central Ohio man found dead in Franklin County over 35 years ago has been identified thanks to forensic genealogy. According to the Ohio Attorney General’s ...

A DNA identification has been made in a homicide case that began nearly 40 years ago with the disappearance of a Birmingham ...

Skeletal remains found in Plymouth in 1997 have been identified thanks to advanced DNA testing. DNA extracted from the bones led to a relative of Benjamin Fountain, who authorities believe died of a ...

Ohio law enforcement officials said they have identified skeletal remains discovered 36 years ago in Franklin County using DNA from a relative. The remains were found on Nov. 3, 1989, on Walcutt Road ...

CAMDEN, S.C. — Authorities in Kershaw County are investigating after skeletal remains were found Tuesday evening in the woods along East York Street by two children. “There’s a lot if's and a lot of ...