Youth football coach arrested in Florida woman's 1981 murder
Tim Slaten never lost hope that his mother's killer would be caught. But the last person he suspected of committing the crime was his youth football coach.
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Georgia man executed after courts deny appeals
A Georgia man was executed Wednesday for a 1994 murder after courts denied appeals involving pleas for new DNA testing and a witness's claim that a different man confessed.
Outcry to stop execution of Rodney Reed grows
The outcry is growing from an army of supporters, including celebrities, clergy and state lawmakers, trying to stop the execution of Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who is set to die in less than two weeks.
Florida authorities say they've arrested a serial killer
Genetic genealogy led Florida investigators to a suspect in a 2016 killing, and he has been linked through DNA and other forensic evidence to at least three other slayings from a decade prior, authorities said Monday.
Girl killed in Calif. in 1972, DNA linked in 2019
An 11-year-old girl went on a bike ride on Thanksgiving Day in 1972. The next day her body was found dumped on a rocky beach near the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. She'd been raped and strangled.
Triplets who tried to exploit identical DNA jailed for gun crimes
Identical triplets have been jailed for firearms offenses, after police were able to establish that all three brothers were involved in the crimes.
Thailand upholds 2014 death sentence
Thailand's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for two Burmese migrant workers convicted of murdering two British backpackers on a Thai resort island in 2014.
DNA helped crack 1983 rape case
A Florida woman who woke up to a stranger sexually assaulting her 36 years ago may finally get justice after DNA helped crack the brutal rape case.
LA police officer accused of 2 rapes in past 4 years
A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested on suspicion of committing two rapes over the past four years -- the oldest of which was linked to him through DNA records while he was being investigated in the other case, prosecutors say.
WaPo: ICE, FBI use driver license photos for facial-recognition scans
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI are utilizing state driver's license databases to scan through "millions of Americans' photos without their knowledge or consent," The Washington Post reported Sunday.
DNA kept for decades leads to arrest
For more than two decades, all California authorities knew about the man behind three violent sex crimes was his DNA profile.
Pro-migrant German politician killed, far-right motive suspected
A man arrested over the killing of a senior German politician earlier this month is believed to have links to the far right, prosecutors said Monday.
In rare reversal, Russia drops charges against journalist
It was a remarkable and unexpected reversal: On Tuesday, Russian authorities dropped a criminal case against prominent investigative reporter Ivan Golunov after a fierce backlash against his arrest caught the Kremlin off guard.
Jayme Closs' parents were killed because they were 'barrier' to her kidnapping, sheriff says
Investigators believe the man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs killed her parents to clear the way for him to abduct her, a sheriff said Saturday.
Phoenix police seek workers' DNA after woman in coma gives birth
Police investigators have begun to gather DNA from men who work at an Arizona care facility where a woman in a vegetative state gave birth last month.
Cristiano Ronaldo's DNA sought by Las Vegas police
Las Vegas police investigating a rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo have sent a warrant to authorities in Italy requesting a sample of the Portuguese football superstar's DNA, a police spokeswoman said Thursday.
How alleged bomber was caught
DNA, fingerprints and pings from a cell phone tower led authorities to an auto parts store parking lot in south Florida where they arrested a 56-year-old man Friday morning. The arrest brought an end to a four-day nationwide manhunt for the alleged mailer of over a dozen suspected pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump.
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