Woman's 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy; 82-year-old suspect arrested. There was no apparent connection between the victim and the suspect.

Last week, 12-year-old Lesia Mitchell Jackson's murder case was officially closed by police-- 42 years after the young girl's body was found on September 13, 1979.. The girl disappeared a week ...

A suspect in the 1979 cold case murder of Patricia Carnahan in El Dorado County, has been arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state.

1979 Sunnyvale cold case murder of Estella Mena solved through new DNA technology, officials say. ... Since 2018, Santa Clara has solved 16 cold case murders and 10 sexual assault cases.

Andre Taylor, 63, was sentenced to life in prison for a 1979 cold-case killing that was finally solved thanks to DNA evidence advancements.

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence.. In March of 1979, Kathy ...

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release that the case had been solved using forensic genealogy, ending the over-45-year cold case.

Authorities in Tennessee say they’ve solved the 42-year-old murder of a Chattanooga businessman, calling the cold case a “contract murder” with ties to former Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton’s ...

A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his identity, police in Maryland announced. On March 3, 1979, the body of 31 ...

ABC News. Woman's 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy. Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025. A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after ...