A “gum ruse” led to a breakthrough in the investigation of two 1980s murders and showed how crucial modern DNA technology is in solving cold cases.

A cold case more than half a century in the making has been cracked after a San Francisco woman who vanished without a trace was identified as a Jane Doe who died more than 1,900 miles away in Texas.

A man living in the Philippines faces charges after authorities say DNA solved a nearly 40-year-old cold case involving a child kidnapped in Florida.

The Austin Police Department unveiled new details and the arrest of a man linked to two unsolved murders in Central Texas, with officials confirming the possibility of him being a serial killer based on case profiles.

Brenna Bird established the Iowa Cold Case Unit in 2024 to solve forgotten cases. One case has been solved, and three arrests have been made.

Aloysius Winthrop James was sentenced to life without parole for the 1988 murder of Ofelia Sandoval after a covert FBI DNA sample cracked the cold case.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says dozens of unsolved cases remain active as one detective focuses exclusively on investigations dating back to the 1970s.

Students at a New Jersey college helped identify a woman found dead in a New Mexico motel in 1991, solving a 35-year-old cold case.

For our April edition of Cold Cases with Chloe Carter, Chloe takes us to Harrison County. That’s where the disappearance of a man nearly 20 years ago led to the discovery of a truck and skeletal remains in a wooded area in Saucier.

James Lawhead was arrested after forensic DNA analysis lead in decades-old killing of Cindy Wanner