Woman's 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy; 82-year-old suspect arrested There was no apparent connection between the victim and the suspect.

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence.

More than 38 years after Janie Landers was murdered, Oregon State Police Detective Steve Hinkle was able to tell her family they'd found the killer.

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence.

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release that the case had been solved using forensic genealogy, ending the over-45-year cold case.

Andre Taylor, 63, was sentenced to life in prison for a 1979 cold-case killing that was finally solved thanks to DNA evidence advancements.

A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his identity, police in Maryland announced.

NEW YORK — A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his identity, police in Maryland announced.