DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) databases or data banks are basically management systems for the storage of genetic data. This data is collected from thousands, if not millions, of people and can be used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, an evidence marker sits next to a human skull as Davis County search and rescue members ...

Like familial DNA searching, where state or national DNA databanks are searched for relatives of a suspect, a genealogical database search is an investigative technique that is not admitted at trial.

In 1985, teenage boys made a chilling discovery in the Wolf River: a human skull. The remains would become known as “Wolf River Joanne Doe,” launching a cold case investigation.

DNA can help you build your family tree, find out where your relatives came from, find a parent you’ve been searching for (or a sibling or distant relatives you may not have been searching for). DNA ...

DNA technology leads to a breakthrough in a 45-year-old Columbus homicide case involving the deaths of Lynn Vest and her ...

Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said microbial DNA analysis might be useful in getting a more precise time of death for ...