Legislation targets rape kit backlog

The Washington State Patrol Crime Lab can currently test only 213 kits per month, with a backlog of around 10,000 kits. April 11, 2019OLYMPIA — A bill to reduce the processing time for sexual assault kits has passed the Washington Legislature in two unanimous votes....

DNA leads to arrest in cold case murder of 94-year-old

Police in Northern California say they used DNA evidence to arrest a suspect in the 2013 killing of a 94-year-old woman April 11, 2019UBA CITY, Calif. (AP) – Police in Northern California say they used DNA evidence to arrest a suspect in the 2013 killing of a...

Arrest made in 1972 Mill Creek cold case murder (GENEALOGY)

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 77-year-old man in its oldest cold case — the 1972 murder of Jody Loomis. April 11, 2019On August 23, 1972, Loomis, 20, was riding a bicycle from her Mill Creek-area home on Winesap Road to a pasture where her...

Police Solve 45-Year-Old Double Homicide Cold Case Using DNA Evidence

Now over four decades later, police have finally made a breakthrough, March 30, 2019In 1973, a young couple was found dead in their home in Montana. Police investigated painstakingly for years, conducting hundreds of interviews, They even brought in a psychic to help...

Police DNA match IDs killer in 1979 La Jolla cold case murder

In October of last year, the San Diego Police Cold Case Unit and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Unit asked the FBI’s Investigative Genealogy Team for assistance with the case. March 21, 2019SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A crime scene DNA...

Police request help locating owner of wedding albums found in evidence room inventory

The American Fork Police Department is trying to reunite photo albums from its evidence room with their owner, and they are asking the public for its help March 20, 2019UPDATE: American Fork police said the owner of the photo albums has been identified and contact....