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Mistrial Declared in 1986 Norwalk Child Killing After Claim of Used Body Bag

Prosecutors began a review of the claim with state forensic agencies to decide how to proceed.

1980 Riverside County Jane Doe Identified as Alabama Woman Victoria Jean Hargrove

Cigarette DNA Links Suspect to 1966 San Rafael Killing

Judge Releases Suspect in 1994 Pacific Beach Killing on Monitored O.R.

ABC’s 20/20 Airs Yogurt Shop Murders Special Tonight, Tracing the DNA Breakthrough That Closed the Case

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

1978 Boca Raton Homicide Victim Identified as Patricia Ann Ritchie Through Forensic Genealogy

Indiana Man Arrested in 1975 San Diego Killing After Genetic Genealogy Break

Joe Contreras Arrested in 1997 San Jose Killing After DNA Match

Andrew Dykes Pleads Not Guilty in 1997 Killing of Tanya Denise Jackson

Toronto Police Name Kenneth Smith as Killer in Three Cold-Case Murders

DNA From Preserved Paper Bags Identifies Vincent Groves in 1987 Douglas County Homicide

1998 El Cajon Jane Doe Identified as Alicia Ledezma Sanchez Through DNA Match

Albany Police Name Joseph Nowakowski in 1964 Murder After DNA Match From Exhumed Remains

Final Bear Brook Victim Identified as Rea Rasmussen

Howard County Names 1971 Jane Doe as Sarah Belle Sharkey After DNA Breakthrough

Decades-Old Virginia Homicide Victim Identified as Carl Matthew Bryant

1981 San Jose Cold Case Victim Identified as Vivian Moss Through Forensic Genealogy

Salt Lake City Police Solve 40-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of Christine Gallegos