Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chelsea Rustad never expected to learn of a killer in her family tree when she submitted her DNA to a genealogy database. For this ...

Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie are considering utilizing DNA genealogy databases, similar to methods employed in high-profile cases such as the Golden State Killer and ...

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Authorities touted the use of a growing, powerful, yet contentious forensic technique to bring the search for a suspect in last year's killing of Rachel Morin to a long-awaited close. Federal ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Earlier this month, a genealogy database helped Tampa, Florida police ...

Texas legislators are considering several new proposals to restrict law enforcement's ability to access databases from genetic testing companies, placing the state at the center of a roiling national ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

I’ve always found genealogy boring. But it’s about to get exciting, very exciting, and for everybody. Millions of people around the world spend hours tracing their “roots” as far back as they can.

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match in a DNA database would have been a dead end.

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...