VALLEY COUNTY, Idaho — A sexual assault case that went unsolved for nearly two decades has now been closed, thanks to advances in DNA technology and a renewed i ...

Over four decades after a teenager was murdered, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s house in Cloverdale, ...

A man has been convicted of murdering 13-year-old Sarah Geer in Cloverdale, California, in a 44-year-old cold case solved ...

Human remains found in the woods of New Hampshire in 1986 have finally been identified, thanks to forensic genetic genealogy and DNA testing.

A man has been convicted in the 1982 rape and murder of a young girl after investigators were able to use a cigarette to link ...

Jody Loomis was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1972 while biking to a horse stable — and decades later, a trace of DNA on ...

You follow the thread of a case that sat cold for nearly three decades and feel the moment the silence breaks. Investigators used updated DNA methods and persistent detective work to connect evidence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Superior Court Judge Lisa Lott, far right, addresses the defense attorneys and defendant Edrick Faust after the state rested it ...

On May 23, 1982, 13-year-old Sarah Geer left a friend’s home in Cloverdale, California, to walk downtown. As Sarah walked that evening, she was approached by a man in an alley, the Sonoma County ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A Q-tip, a tissue and a pizza crust. To investigators, this seemingly innocuous trash was DNA-laden treasure, helping crack the cases of the University of Idaho murders, the Golden ...