Scientists traced Leonardo da Vinci’s Y chromosome through living relatives, a breakthrough that may confirm his true burial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dismembered adult body found in Hempstead Lake State Park, which had commonly been referred to as “Peaches” due to a tattoo of ...

FREEHOLD, New Jersey -- Authorities say new DNA tests have allowed them to solve the rape and murder of a woman whose body was found at the boardwalk of a seaside city in New Jersey nearly three ...

Thanks to advanced DNA technology, law enforcement has solved a 12-year-old case. Authorities now say the unidentified human remains -- discovered more than a decade ago -- belong to Velma Louise ...

More than 12 years since a skull was discovered in Mendocino County, advanced DNA testing has revealed that the remains belonged to a Napa woman, officials said. In March 2013, brush cutting workers ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, the Austin Police Department (APD) held a press conference detailing how advanced DNA testing led them to identify the suspect responsible for the 1991 murders of four girls ...

DNA that has been discovered inside Nancy Guthrie’s house can take “months or years” to process, according to the county ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In partnership with Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana, Indiana residents will host the first annual DNA 5K fundraising event on Sept. 20., in recognition of the National Day of ...

As the nation is gripped by the upcoming trial in the case of the “Long Island Serial Killer,” a surprising breakthrough has come along regarding possible additional victims. Two bodies found 14 years ...