The Long Island Gilgo Beach murder case is one of many in recent years when a long-unsolved homicide got a break from an unlikely source: discarded DNA. In the case of the more than a decade-old ...

Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been able to identify an ...

The arrest and search warrant was unsealed after a court decision. A dirty tissue led to the arrest of one of the most-prolific serial killers in U.S. history, according to a newly unsealed search and ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 68-year-old man convicted of killing two women three decades ago, one of whom he raped, will serve a life sentence in prison without parole eligibility for 45 years, a ...

LAWRENCEVILLE The investigation into the 1998 killing of newborn twins at St. Paul’s College led police this year to search a Henrico County woman’s trash for DNA evidence, according to court papers.