Shell Casings and DNA on Fingernails Helped Crack ‘Yogurt Shop’ Murder Case

Old-fashioned detective work and advances in forensic science led to the identification of a suspect in the killings of four teenagers in Austin, Texas, in 1991, officials said.

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A Man Is Linked to the Brutal ‘Yogurt Shop Murders’ 34 Years Ago

Police said they used DNA to identify a suspect in the Austin killings known as the yogurt shop murders. The case has haunted the city for decades.

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Judge in Gilgo Beach Case Spurns Request to Throw Out DNA Evidence

Lawyers for Rex Heuermann, who is charged with killing seven women, made last-ditch attempts to toss crucial evidence, but prosecutors are preparing for an expected trial next year.

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F.B.I. Head Says Note and D.N.A. Link Suspect to Kirk Killing

In a TV interview, Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I., said investigators had found physical evidence connecting the suspected gunman with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah.

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After 20 Years, an Arrest Is Made in Pregnant Texas Woman’s Murder

Advances in DNA testing led to a suspect’s arrest in the killing of Valerie Laguna, 26, who was found beaten to death in a cemetery in Cotulla, Texas, in 2005, the authorities said.

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Man Who Vanished Is Identified 52 Years Later, Bringing ‘Rest’ to His Sisters

Eric Singer left his Ohio home on his bicycle, never to be seen again. With the help of advances in DNA research, he was finally found.

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Hard-Nosed Sheriff Who Inspired ‘Walking Tall’ Movie Killed His Wife, Inquiry Says

Buford Pusser, who was portrayed in the 1973 hit movie, led people to believe that his wife was ambushed by his enemies, cold-case investigators in Tennessee said.

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How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing

Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains.

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Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.

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Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.

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