Henry Goodsell's remains washed up over decades. Forensic genetic genealogy is gaining wider use, and helped solve the case.

In making this decision to fight for them, I found comfort in one small mercy – that my name would not be associated with the most painful, horrible thing that has ever been done to me,” she said.

DNA evidence has become a cornerstone of modern police work, be it through the use of genetic genealogy or submitting material found before modern advances in testing.

Diddy was accused of targeting Jane and John Doe after they claimed someone linked to him showed up at their hidden home ...

What John Doe’s appeal to US Supreme Court says John Doe hired high-profile Washington, D.C., attorney Michael Francisco to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court does not decide ...

One tool, known as a John Doe DNA warrant, has made news after a ... The warrant was based on the perpetrator’s DNA profile obtained from evidence, the National Institute of Justice said.

Brian Edward Jones, Menlo Park John Doe publicly identified on May 24 after he disappeared in December 1984. Photo: CA's Office of the Attorney General 31,228 people played the daily Crossword ...

Social workers at Los Angeles General Medical Center sought help from the public Tuesday in identifying a patient who has been at the hospital since Friday. The man, believed to be 60 years old, was ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Authorities have identified the remains of a man found in Menlo Park in 1985 as 20-year-old Brian Edward Jones. What we know: Jones was last seen alive by his family while ...