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 ...

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.

Authorities have identified the remains of a man found in Menlo Park in 1985 as 20-year-old Brian Edward Jones.

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 ...

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 ...