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1978 Boca Raton Homicide Victim Identified as Patricia Ann Ritchie as Detectives Seek Tips

A forensic genealogy match refocuses the investigation on how the Virginia native reached Florida.

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

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