The Fusco case is just one of several Nassau County cold cases recently revived by DNA breakthroughs. Just two weeks ago, officials used investigative genealogy to identify the remains of Susan Mann, who was found dead in a Freeport dumpster in 1982.

Investigators say new technology is helping bring answers faster to families waiting to learn if their loved ones were among the victims of the explosion.

Velma Louise Silva Lee vanished around 2004. Her family gave up searching. Then genealogy databases gave her back her name.

It's been nearly a decade since the murder of Millicent Ann Burnette-McManus.In 2016, she was found dead inside her home and police never fou

CHARLOTTE — Dulaine Lotharp, 55, has been arrested and charged in connection with a 32-year-old sexual assault cold case. The case dates back to 1993 and 1994, when two separate sexual assaults occurred in the Charlotte area. According to police ...

DNA technology has led to the identification of Jessie Lee Williamson, a man missing since 1978, as the victim of a Tennessee murder case from the same year.

_Tyrannosaurus rex_ was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago. Roger Harris/Science Photo Library via Getty Images DNA – which stands for deoxyribonucleic acid – is something in every cell of every ...