DNA company policy changes could affect cold case crime solving

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...
Concord Monitor

From unsolved homicides to missing persons and suspicious deaths, here’s what the state is doing to solve its 126 cold cases

Eleven-year-old Debra Horn disappeared from her Allenstown home in January 1969. Eight months later, her decaying body was uncovered in the trunk of an abandoned car located in Sandown. The mystery of ...
Chicago Tribune

‘All we want is closure’: Lake Station Police Department’s cold case unit gives murder victims’ families hope

Anna Wilson and her cousin, Tina Wilkerson, were so close that, after Wilkerson was murdered 30 years ago in Lake Station at age 20, she was buried in Wilson’s dress. The dress was black, with white ...
The State News

MSU's Student Cold Case Unit provides opportunities to re-investigate popular cases

Along with the rise in popularity of true crime content, such as TV shows and podcasts, interest in this topic has grown as well. For students at Michigan State University who are fascinated by the ...