Cold Cases

Former federal prisons worker Mark Manteuffel arrested in string of 'horrific' 1990s sex attacks in Sacramento: Police

Suspect Mark Manteuffel, 59, was arrested at his home in Georgia.

Man murdered in 1960s identified through genetic genealogy: 'All these years and people still care,' sister says

Roger Kelso was killed in about 1963. His body was found in 1985.

Man arrested for 1986 murder of 11-year-old girl

On September 23, 1986, 11-year-old Kathleen Flynn left school in Norwalk to walk home using a path that goes through the woods, Norwalk police said. But she never made it home.

Man arrested for 1986 murder of 11-year-old girl who was strangled while walking home from school

Kathleen Flynn was sexually assaulted and strangled on September 23, 1986.

Suspect identified in 1993 cold case sexual assault, murder of 9-year-old girl

A former member of the Air Force has been linked by DNA to the murder of Angie Housman, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

How a DNA database's new policy is changing police access and could hinder solving cold cases

Suspected serial rapist arrested in 2nd cold case murder nearly 45 years later

John Arthur Getreu, 74, was already in custody when the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office charged him with the 1974 murder of 21-year-old Janet Taylor.

Fiancee of commercial pilot charged in Kentucky triple homicide says he's '100 percent innocent'

Christian Martin was indicted in the slayings of his neighbors in Kentucky.

52 years after a 20-year-old woman was found dead at Seattle Center, DNA leads police to her killer

Tests performed by the DNA and genealogy service GEDmatch help identify who killed Seattle resident Susan Galvin in 1967.

Police charge man with wife's murder 33 years after her death

John Norton was charged in the 1985 death of his wife, Karen Norton.

Indiana State University cold case solved nearly 50 years after woman's murder, police say

Indiana State University student Pamela Milam was found bound and gagged in her vehicle in 1972.

Authorities arrest suspect in 1972 cold case of woman murdered with baby in arms in North Carolina

Investigators in North Carolina have solved a 1972 cold case murder of a woman who was left dead with her baby still in her arms by re-testing a rape kit.

Texas authorities identify 2 victims in decades-old 'Killing Fields' murders using genetic genealogy

Investigators used genetic genealogy to identify the bodies found in 1986 and 1991.

2 young women murdered, found in oil field in 1986, 1991 now identified: Police

For decades, the young women have only been known as Jane Doe and Janet Doe.

How DNA on coffee cup led to arrest in 1972 rape, murder of woman: Officials

A 77-year-old Washington state man was arrested Wednesday decades after he allegedly killed a 20-year-old woman, and police say he was nabbed through the novel technique of genetic genealogy.

How DNA on coffee cup led to arrest in 1972 rape, murder of woman: Officials

Jody Loomis, 20, was shot in the head on August 23, 1972.

New York City man Ernest Broadnax arrested in 1973 Virginia Beach double-murder: Police

The women, both 19, were on vacation when they were killed in June 1973.

Suspect in decades-old murder, rape cold cases in Maryland identified through DNA: Police

Woman's suspected killer charged after 2 years

Danielle Stislicki, a Farmington Hills woman who "had everything to live for," disappeared on Dec. 2 2016, from her office parking lot, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.

2 unsolved murders of young women in 1970s now linked to 1 suspect through DNA: Prosecutors

Joseph Holt, who died in 2014, allegedly killed two young women in the 1970s.

DNA in a 46-year-old cold case murder leads to an arrest

A man has been arrested through DNA and genetic genealogy in the decades-old cold case killing of 11-year-old Linda Ann O'Keefe, who was strangled to death in Southern California in 1973.

DNA leads to man's arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe: 'We have never forgotten Linda'

O'Keefe was last seen alive on July 6, 1973, as she walked home from summer school, the Newport Beach Police Department said.

Napkin and genealogy site leads to 1993 Minnesota cold-case arrest

Jerry Westrom has been charged with the stabbing death of 35-year-old Jeanie Ann Childs, who was found in her Minneapolis apartment.

Man arrested in Sophie Sergie's 1993 murder in Alaska over DNA: Officials

Sophie Sergie, 20, was assaulted and killed at the University of Alaska in 1993.

Man arrested in 1993 murder of 20-year-old woman

On April 26, 1993, Sophie Sergie was found sexually assaulted and murdered in a dorm bathroom at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, authorities said Friday.

Boy found dead in 1998 ID'd

A 10-year-old found murdered in North Carolina in 1998 has been identified.

How a 10-year-old boy found murdered in 1998 was finally identified: Officials

The boy's suspected killer is behind bars on unrelated federal charges.

New clues emerge 15 years after teen's disappearance: 'We just want to know he's safe,' family says

Daniel Yuen was 16 years old when he disappeared in 2004.

Cold case revived 14 years after teen goes missing in California

New tips continue to emerge years after Daniel Yuen disappeared from a controversial San Bernardino boarding school in 2004.

Jane Doe murder victim finally identified 3 decades later thanks to forensic technology: Sheriff

The 20-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in August 1987.

Investigators use genetic genealogy to solve 1983 cold case sexual battery on 12-year-old girl

The suspect had at least three previous rape charges in his home state of Wisconsin.

DNA used to solve 1983 sexual battery cold case

The suspect had at least three previous rape charges in Wisconsin.