This next-gen forensic science, called investigating genetic genealogy, or IGG, helps track down criminal suspects through their own DNA.

DC Genealogy meeting ...

Jane Carson-Sandler is the fifth known victim of the Golden State Killer, a predator who escaped justice for decades before authorities tracked him down through forensic genetic genealogy.

A woman and her child whose remains were among other bodies discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from ...

The biological mother of the dead newborn found floating on the Mississippi River in 2011 is facing criminal charges. Jennifer Nichole Baechle, 43, is facing two counts of second-degree manslaughter ...

Jennifer Baechle, 48, is facing two counts of manslaughter after law enforcement connected her DNA to the DNA found on ...

Despite investigators’ best efforts and dozens of DNA tests of potential parents, Baby Angel’s death remained a cold case ...

The FBI's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Team helped Nassau police identify Tanya Denise Jackson and her daughter Tatiana Marie Dykes, thanks in part to major technological advances in DNA ...

Steven Downs, 50, is currently serving  a 75-year prison sentence for Sophie Sergie’s murder and sexual assault.

Officials said they identified the victims of the long-unsolved killing through DNA evidence and advanced genetic and ...

Officials said they identified the victims of the long-unsolved killing through DNA evidence and advanced genetic and genealogy research.

A woman and her toddler killed on Long Island in 1997, whose homicide has been linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killings, ...