France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

At 35 years old, one woman finally decided to take a leap of faith and search for her biological father, despite a lifetime ...

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun, have developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for ...

A woman who prosecutors say was attacked more than four decades ago by the man known as the “Pillowcase Rapist” took the ...

A Boston woman's rape case fell apart after a DNA match came too late for prosecution, revealing how Massachusetts' 15-year deadline leaves many survivors without justice. WBUR's Willoughby Mariano ...

The 1994 murder of Springfield, Virginia, artist Robin Warr Lawrence, 37, would go cold for decades — until DNA left on a ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission announced that final DNA analysis has confirmed that the DNA collected from the black ...

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...

Max Thomas, 60, of Springfield, Mo., died in the bear attack. Thomas was found Oct. 2 in Sam’s Throne Campground of the Ozark ...

Veteran detectives who have worked on similar cases said French investigators have a lot of evidence to work with in the ...

Remains of woman police call Wilseyville Jane Doe were found among victims of infamous California serial killers.

NEW YORK (CNN) — For more than 40 years, the person responsible for the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on Long Island has eluded capture. DNA from a smoothie straw, prosecutors say, ...