Kentucky law enforcement agencies are increasingly using forensic genealogy to identify crime victims and suspects.

The women terrorized by confessed rapist and Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo could not see the face of the masked monster who attacked them. But on Tuesday, they got to stare him down in court and ...

Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. affirmed he is the Golden State Killer by pleading guilty Monday to 13 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of kidnapping. The 74-year-old, who ...

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman on Friday said 74-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo will die in prison for his guilty pleas to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges between ...

But in the four decades it took law enforcement to track him down, Joseph James DeAngelo committed some of the most heinous crimes ever recorded in US criminal history. So, how did this vicious ...

Joseph James DeAngelo was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder after his DNA was linked to crime scenes through a genealogy database. But this is far from the only example of a cold ...