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Event held to help searching families find missing loved ones

  • May 3

Nancy Guthrie latest: Recovered glove is dead-end

  • Mar 5

WWII Navigator identified and laid to rest in Beaumont

  • Mar 5
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Coupling may have happened more with human females, Neanderthal males

  • Feb 27

Cold case murder solved 44 years later using DNA from cigarette

  • Feb 23

4 men formally exonerated in infamous 1991 yogurt shop killings

  • Feb 19

James Watson, Nobel laureate, has died at age 97

  • Nov 7, 2025

Montgomery Co. deputies try rapid DNA tool for faster crime solving

  • Sep 13, 2025

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Annual event held to help searching families in Houston find missing loved ones

  • May 3
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4 men formally exonerated in infamous 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings

  • Feb 19
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Montgomery County Sheriff's Office joins rapid DNA technology pilot program for faster crime solving

  • Sep 13, 2025
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13 Unsolved: DNA and determination help charge convicted rapist in 2 cold case murders

  • Nov 2, 2024
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AJ Armstrong case among hundreds flagged after DNA software tech issue

  • Jul 31, 2024
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Galveston man washed ashore identified nearly 3 years later from DNA testing

  • Apr 18, 2023
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Body found on Galveston beach in 2020 identified as exchange student

  • Apr 17, 2023
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SOLVED: Body discovered on Galveston beach on Mother's Day 2020 identified, officials confirm

  • Apr 16, 2023

Latest Stories

Scientists still working to make 9/11 DNA matches 24 years later

"The rumbling, it was the loudest, most violent time of my life," said Mark Desire.

  • Sep 11, 2025

Critical DNA evidence to be allowed in Gilgo Beach serial killer case, judge rules

A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to the murders of at least seven victims.

  • Sep 3, 2025
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Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials

A state judge is weighing whether to allow the DNA evidence generated through Astrea Forensics' whole genome sequencing into the criminal trial of Rex Heuermann

  • Sep 1, 2025

Family discovers newly adopted dog is biological father of pet who passed away

"I screamed. I screamed at my job, in my conference room. I almost passed out!"

  • Jul 14, 2025
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Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK's longest-running cold case

The man was found guilty for attacking and killing 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. He was 34 at the time of the crime.

  • Jul 1, 2025