Familial DNA: The Ultimate Crime Fighter

15-year-old Julie Ann Hanson was murder in Naperville, Illinois in the summer of 1972. The case went cold for nearly 50 years until this June... Thank you to this week's sponsor, betterhelp.com SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIUDiSaOU5k https://abc7chicago.com/julie-ann ...  Show more

Lori Nesson was only 15-years-old when she was murdered in 1974 in Columbus, Ohio. Her remained unsolved for 45+ years until a tip and DNA led to a break. Columbus native Nic, host of the True Crime Garage Podcast helps me breakdown this case from his part of the state. We look a ...  Show more

Carla Walker’s brazen abduction after her high school Valentine’s dance shocked Fort Worth. The case went cold for decades. In Part 1, host Elin Lantz Lesser and producer Catherine Fenollosa walk through the early investigation, and why suspicion turned toward Carla’s boyfriend. ...  Show more

48 Hours correspondents Natalie Morales and Anne-Marie Green discuss the cold case of Robin Lawrence, who was home with her 2-year-old daughter when she was murdered by an unknown assailant. They discuss how advances in DNA technology and a volunteer genetic genealogist helped in ...  Show more

When a young woman vanishes, police think she left willingly. That changes when her body is discovered months later and it’s clear she was brutally murdered. Small town secrets keep this case a mystery for decades…. until a cold case team is finally able to get people talking. ...