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Shirt disgraced SC legal scion wore the night his wife and son were murdered 'destroyed': defense
South Carolina officials destroyed the T-shirt Alex Murdaugh was wearing the night his wife and son were gunned down -- making it impossible to challenge claims that it links him...
Remains found 36 years ago ID'd as missing teen Alisha Marie Cooks
Alisha “Lisa” Marie Cooks, 16, disappeared from the Houston area in the summer of 1985.
Remains of Pennsylvania teen missing since 1969 identified
The remains of Joan Marie Dymond, 14, were found on the ground of a former coal mining site in Newport Township.
'Relief': Police use DNA testing to identify body of teen who went missing in 1975
Police in Virginia announced Monday that they used advanced DNA technology to identify remains found in a ditch 21 years ago as that of Patricia Agnes Gildawie, a teenager who...
Mutilated body found 42 years ago in Hudson Valley finally ID'd through DNA
The New York State Police have positively identified a headless, handless body that was found inside a travel trunk in Fishkill, New York, in March 1980 as missing hair salon...
Vegas official accused in reporter's murder smiles, seen handcuffed around bandages from suicide attempt
Telles is accused of "lying in wait" outside 69-year-old Jeff German's home on Sept. 2 before stabbing the veteran journalist to death.
Woman sues San Francisco over arrest based on DNA from her rape kit
The DNA of the woman, known as Jane Doe, was stored by the SFPD as part of a domestic violence and sexual assault case in 2016.
Teen convicted of raping, murdering 83-year-old neighbor
Tyrone Harvin, now 17, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and weapons offenses in the August 2018 attack that left Dorothy Mae Neal unresponsive.
Fugitive slay suspect searched 'how to get away with murder'
A fugitive Texas man charged with murder in the disappearance of a 24-year-old woman had allegedly searched online "how to get away with murder" and "does bleach destroy DNA" in...
Unsolved murder of 'Baby Holly's' parents linked to 'Christ Family' cult
The unidentified cult connected to the slain parents of Texas' long-missing "Baby Holly" bore the hallmarks of a nomadic group called "Christ Family."
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JonBenet Ramsey case: Boulder Police Department responds to John Ramsey's push for independent DNA testing
The Boulder Police Department (BPD) in Colorado on Sunday responded to a recent push from John Ramsey, father of murdered JonBenet Ramsey, to allow an independent agency to test DNA in the...
Dead Iowa man linked to 1980s serial motel killings in Midwest
Harry Edward Greenwell was named as the “I-65 killer” who murdered three women and raped another at motels along Interstate 65.
Construction worker charged in cold case rapes after DNA link found: cops
Kenneth David Downing was taken into custody in Spokane after investigators linked him to two home invasions and sexual assaults in Pullman in 2003 and March 2004.
Florida jury convicts serial killer Robert Hayes of three slayings while in college
A Florida jury has found serial killer Robert Hayes guilty of slaying three women while he was majoring in criminal justice at college, prosecutors said.
Man arrested for 1984 cold case Texas murder ID'd with DNA testing
A 60-year-old Dallas man has been nabbed in a grisly slaying 38 years ago after DNA testing linked him to the cold case, prosecutors said.
DNA and college student help solve 1964 rape and murder of 9-year-old girl
The body of Marise Ann Chiverella body was found in 1964, but her killer wasn't connected to the crime for another 20 years.
JonBenet Ramsey's murderer may be revealed by DNA enhancements
JonBenet Ramsey, 6, was found dead by strangulation in her family home 25 years ago. New DNA 'enhancements' could finally solve the case, officials say.
Belated justice: DNA evidence solves 1996 slaying of California waitress
Priscilla Lewis was discovered lifeless in September 1996 by a cook in a basement bathroom at the Four Corners restaurant in Crockett.
Guard charged with raping inmate at scandal-plagued NJ women's prison
Tyrell Harris-McLaughlin, a corrections officer at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual assault and official misconduct.