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Kern County Jane Doe Identified as 15‑Year‑Old Michelle Louise Collier

Modern DNA analysis produced a match in a consumer genealogy database that restored her name and prompted investigators to reopen the nearly 48‑year‑old homicide probe.

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Real Estate Agent Arrested in 2012 Arlington Murder After DNA Genealogy Lead

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Man Charged in 1981 Grapevine Strangling After DNA from His Trash Matches Preserved Evidence

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1976 Indiana Jane Doe Identified as Chicago Resident Jane Hart

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Tucson Woman Arrested in 1975 Step‑father Homicide After DNA Genealogy Breakthrough

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Forensic Genealogy Identifies Suspect in 1993 Illinois Cold-Case Murder

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DNA Genealogy Leads to Capital Murder Charge in 1986 Texas Killing

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Genetic Genealogy Identifies 1979 New Jersey Murder Victim as Robert Dean Irelan

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Neighbor Arrested in 1997 Southfield Killing After New DNA and Fingerprint Matches

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After 46 Years, Ventura County’s 1980 Jane Doe Is Identified as Maricela Rocha Parga

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After 44 Years, Cigarette DNA Convicts Man in 1982 Killing of California Teen

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FBI Confirms Alan Wilmer Sr. as Killer in 1986 Colonial Parkway Double Murder

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San Luis Obispo County Solves 1983 ‘Toby’ Tate Murder, Case Exceptionally Cleared

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Cornell Bell Charged in 1999 Dorchester Killing After DNA Match

Forensic Science

Kern County Jane Doe Identified as 15‑Year‑Old Michelle Louise Collier

Real Estate Agent Arrested in 2012 Arlington Murder After DNA Genealogy Lead

Man Charged in 1981 Grapevine Strangling After DNA from His Trash Matches Preserved Evidence

1976 Indiana Jane Doe Identified as Chicago Resident Jane Hart

Tucson Woman Arrested in 1975 Step‑father Homicide After DNA Genealogy Breakthrough

Forensic Genealogy Identifies Suspect in 1993 Illinois Cold-Case Murder

DNA Genealogy Leads to Capital Murder Charge in 1986 Texas Killing

Genetic Genealogy Identifies 1979 New Jersey Murder Victim as Robert Dean Irelan

Neighbor Arrested in 1997 Southfield Killing After New DNA and Fingerprint Matches

Arizona Woman Charged in 1981 ‘Baby Rebecca’ Murder After DNA Breakthrough

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DNA Ties Deceased N.J. Man to 1993–94 Killings of Two Camden County Women

Utah DNA Reanalysis Confirms Ted Bundy Killed Laura Ann Aime in 1974

Utah DNA Testing Confirms Ted Bundy Killed 17-Year-Old Laura Ann Aime in 1974

Glendale Man Indicted and Arrested in 1987 Killing of NAU Student

1970 Andover Homicide Victim Identified as Clyde A. Coppage

After 46 Years, Ventura County’s 1980 Jane Doe Is Identified as Maricela Rocha Parga

After 44 Years, Cigarette DNA Convicts Man in 1982 Killing of California Teen

FBI Confirms Alan Wilmer Sr. as Killer in 1986 Colonial Parkway Double Murder

San Luis Obispo County Solves 1983 ‘Toby’ Tate Murder, Case Exceptionally Cleared

Cornell Bell Charged in 1999 Dorchester Killing After DNA Match

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