A recent cold case investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a full DNA profile. Investigative genetic genealogy led them to the man police say is responsible for an ...

Investigative genetic genealogy: What led police to Baby June's mother?Arrest report offers new details Some genealogy sites are more private than others. Police can't access the databases of ...

The DNA profile and further investigation identified Kabeh Cummings, 35, as the suspect in an assault in 2013 and two other incidents in 2010, according to Sacramento Police Chief Katherine Lester.

BOISE, Idaho — An innovative approach to criminal investigations first came to the forefront around 2018. Since then, forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, has been instrumental in ...

Investigative genetic genealogy was still in its infancy and rife with controversy by the time of Baby June's discovery. The arrest of the so-called Golden State Killer just one month earlier ...

Legal and criminal justice analysts predict investigative genetic genealogy — the technique of identifying criminals and victims by searching genealogy databases for people who share their DNA ...

DNA analysis, including investigative genetic genealogy, will play a key role in the investigation of the quadruple homicide near the University of Idaho.

David Gurney, director, and Cairenn Binder, assistant director of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College, join NewsNation’s “Banfield” to weigh in on the growing use of ...

If you used a DNA kit to learn more about your heritage and want to allow those results to be used in investigative genetic genealogy, here's how.

Watchdog’s report warns new era of DNA-based criminal investigations calls for clearer rules and more transparency ...

Skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches decades ago have been identified as those of a 19th-century schooner captain, thanks to the investigative efforts of college students. The ship, the ...