Advances in DNA technology have led to things like commercial ancestry DNA testing and the use of DNA in forensics — solving crime by matching the DNA samples.
In the United States, approximately 600,000 people go missing each here. Here is more about the terrifying conspiracy theory that links disappearances to caves.
Across the United States, an unprecedented number of homicide cases remain cold. Here is a closer look into why so many cold cases are often never solved.
It's hard to believe, given the technological advances of the last 30 years, but it's still, tragically, possible for someone to mysteriously disappear.
On June 9, 1995, Colleen Nick decided she and her 6-year-old daughter, Morgan, needed a "girls' night out." At the end of the night, Morgan had disappeared.
In November, 2022, a more than four-decade-old cold case was solved using modern-day DNA technology. Here's how authorities identified Cheryl Thompson's killer.
Marie Elizabeth "Marliz" Spannhake went missing from her apartment in the 1970s. Here is what happened to her apartment and what neighbors have to say about it.
Unsolved mysteries hold a fascination with the public at large. Here's Japan's $300 million yen heist that remains unsolved after more than half a century.
On the afternoon of October 21, 1967, two boys fished at the Willamette River, hoping to catch something big enough to keep. Instead, they discovered a body.
Leah Toby Roberts left her home in North Carolina on March 9, 2000, and was never seen again. Here is the unsolved disappearance of Leah Roberts explained.
In the midst of a community tragedy touching every part of a small town in Oklahoma, a mystery emerged regarding identity and perhaps survival against all odds.
A tainted crime scene, a revelation by a convicted murderer, and several strange excavations have still not yielded results for the Springfield Three case.
The heartbreak suffered by those left behind in a missing person case is difficult to fathom. Despite advances in forensic science, cases still go unresolved.
The Apple TV series, "Black Bird," has renewed interest in the unsolved disappearance of Tricia Reitler, an Indiana college student who went missing in 1993.
In 2016, talk show host and broadcast journalist Tamron Hall did something incredibly difficult: She opened up about the unsolved murder of her sister Renate.
It's bad enough when someone unexpectedly goes missing. It's made doubly tragic when those involved are just teenagers. Worse? When there's no closure.
For more than six decades, an unknown child was only known only by the monikers Jane Yavapai Doe and "Little Miss Nobody." Now, she has been identified.