A man whose skeletal remains washed up on beaches in southern New Jersey between 1995 and 2013 was a victim of the sea, not a ...

One tool, known as a John Doe DNA warrant, has made news after a former police chief serving sentences for murder and rape ...

Bones and a skull from "Scattered John Doe" went 30 years without identification, until students in North Jersey helped prove ...

Menlo Park John Doe identified as Brian Edward Jones, who disappeared in 1984, through advanced DNA technology.

The Oregon State Police announced in a press release that it has uncovered the identity of a John Doe from four and a half decades ago. Police are investigating whether a notorious serial killer ...

John Doe, as he’s known in court filings, lost his Nevada Supreme Court appeal to stay anonymous last month. But his latest motion effectively pauses the requirement he reveal his name until the ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Advancements in DNA technology helped local officials uncover the identity of a Cuyahoga County John Doe whose remains were found 45 years ago. During a media briefing on ...

On Wednesday afternoon, state and county leaders revealed the name of a previously unidentified John Doe whose body was found in Cuyahoga County. According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office ...

However, after a series of specialist genealogy labs collaborated with authorities on the John Doe case, two living third cousins were identified, and the man has been confirmed as John Thiellesen.

Phoenix police tried to identify the man through fingerprints and DNA, but there were no matches, and his John Doe identity remained a mystery for 20 years. Then, last September, the Maricopa ...