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 ...

As this outlet reported, male DNA was “left on the button snap of the knife sheath” ad found on a bed next to the two of the victim's bodies. Law enforcement collected DNA from the trash of ...

The DNA of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at an off-campus home in Moscow last fall, is a “statistical match” to DNA collected from the sheath ...

A DNA sample taken from Bryan Kohberger revealed a near-exact match to the DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the quadruple murder in Idaho last November, according to new court documents.

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," ...

SEATTLE — Genetic genealogy, a stamped envelope and 23-year-old DNA evidence have led police to the woman they allege gave birth to a healthy baby boy in a gas station restroom in 1997 and left him to ...

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.

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 ...