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 ...

DNA evidence has become a cornerstone of modern police work, be it through the use of genetic genealogy or submitting ...

Remains of the "Scattered Man John Doe" began washing ashore in New Jersey in 1995 and went unidentified for the next three ...

In the mid-1970s, San Francisco’s gay community was haunted by a serial killer known as The Doodler, named for his habit of sketching victims before luring them to their deaths.

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 ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has solved a 1989 John Doe case. In 1989, law enforcement found a decomposing body behind a bakery on Palafox Street in Pensacola.

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 ...

Nevada Supreme Court justices seemed doubtful that “John Doe” should remain anonymous in a civil case that seeks to determine whether he invaded the privacy of Reno’s mayor and a Washoe ...

The Provo Police Department announced Wednesday night a John Doe buried in an unmarked grave in Moab was identified as Robby Peay, a 17-year-old boy who ran away from a Salt Lake City youth ...

A patch of grass in a Moab cemetery with no headstone but the body of "John Doe" buried in the ground. Now, Provo police have positively linked the two. On Wednesday, police announced that they ...

Read more: Read the two sides' top arguments about whether John Doe should remain anonymous. “John Doe” claims in legal documents that he hired the investigator to pursue allegations of ...