The Promise of Investigative Genetic Genealog...

The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. Today, we will cover stories out of Utah, Indiana, Florida, Mexico, and Arizona.The Guardian’s report on the bizarre twist in the disappearance of Shayna Fein ...  Show more

We spoke with journalist Josie Duffy Rice on her new podcast for Pushkin, The Backfire Effect. It covers the murder of Scott Macklem and comes to the conclusion that Temujin Kensu, the man convicted of that crime, is innocent.Listen to The Backfire Effect here, or wherever you li ...  Show more

The DNA Doe Project had worked to solve the cases of unidentified decedents—also known as "Does." Through the use of investigative genetic genealogy, cases once though impossible to close are now being solved, and some of the volunteers behind this nonprofit speak to us about its ...  Show more

In the US - but increasingly in other countries too - cold case murder, sexual assaults, and unidentified person cases once thought unsolvable are being cracked thanks to the proliferation of public genetic databases. But with this success come deep worries for our DNA data. Ivan ...  Show more

A year after police used a genetic database to help identify a suspect in the Golden State Killer case, the same technique has been used to arrest dozens of people. Now, for the first time, one of those cases is headed to trial. In Part 1 of a two-part series, we look at the t ...