The Alcàsser Murders
Three teenage girls were kidnapped and killed in Alcàsser, Spain, in 1992, in a case that gripped the country for years.
Read case file →Editorial collection · 27 case files
Cases Solved by DNA
Explore 24 documented Crime by Region case files grouped under cases solved by dna.
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27 case files
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The Black Dahlia Murder
Elizabeth Short's 1947 murder became a media phenomenon, but the surviving record still contains no charged or convicted killer.
Read case file →The Murder of Christine Jessop
DNA exonerated Guy Paul Morin and, decades later, genetic genealogy led Toronto police to identify Calvin Hoover as Christine Jessop's killer after his death.
Read case file →The Claremont Serial Killings
A sourced account of the Claremont serial killings, Taskforce Macro, forensic evidence, 2020 verdicts and the unresolved disappearance of Sarah Spiers.
Read case file →The Murder of Daniella Perez
The 1992 murder of actor Daniella Perez led to two convictions and a nationwide campaign that helped expand Brazil's Heinous Crimes Law.
Read case file →The Disappearance and Murder of Eliza Samudio
Courts convicted former goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes and others for crimes connected to Eliza Samudio's death, although her remains have never been recovered.
Read case file →The Kidnapping and Murder of Eloá Pimentel
In October 2008, 15-year-old Eloá Pimentel was held hostage by her ex-boyfriend for over 100 hours in Santo André, Brazil, in a standoff broadcast live on national television.
Read case file →The Golden State Killer
A former police officer committed at least 13 murders and dozens of rapes across California in the 1970s and 80s, evading capture for over 40 years until genetic genealogy identified him in
Read case file →The Highway of Tears
The disappearances and murders associated with northern British Columbia's Highway 16 reveal both unresolved cases and a wider crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
Read case file →The Hwaseong Serial Murders
A series of murders that terrorized South Korea in the late 1980s went unsolved for over three decades, until DNA technology identified the killer in 2019.
Read case file →The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
The 1996 murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, remains officially unsolved despite decades of investigation.
Read case file →Josef Fritzl
Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter in a hidden basement in Austria for 24 years, a case that came to light in 2008 and shocked the world.
Read case file →The Koh Tao Murders
A factual case file about The Koh Tao Murders, Thailand.
Read case file →Marc Dutroux
Marc Dutroux kidnapped, abused, and killed several girls in Belgium in the mid-1990s, in a case that exposed major failures in the country's justice system.
Read case file →The Murder of Marianne Vaatstra
A 16-year-old was raped and murdered in rural Netherlands in 1999. The case went unsolved for 13 years until a mass DNA testing effort identified her killer.
Read case file →Robert Hansen, the "Butcher Baker"
Robert Hansen was an Alaska serial killer who abducted, hunted, and killed at least seventeen women near Anchorage between 1971 and 1983.
Read case file →Robert Pickton
Robert Pickton, a pig farmer in British Columbia, Canada, was convicted of murdering six women, though evidence suggested a far higher number of victims.
Read case file →The Disappearance of Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça
A factual case file about The Disappearance of Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça, Portugal.
Read case file →The Murders of Barry and Honey Sherman
The targeted killings of philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman remain an active Toronto homicide investigation with no publicly announced charge or conviction.
Read case file →The Somerton Man Mystery
The evidence, genetic genealogy claim and unresolved questions in the 1948 Somerton Man case, also known as the Tamám Shud mystery.
Read case file →The Wanda Beach Murders
A factual timeline of the 1965 Wanda Beach murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, the investigation, forensic reviews and current status.
Read case file →The Zodiac Killer
An unidentified serial killer who claimed multiple murders in Northern California in the late 1960s and taunted police with encoded letters, never conclusively identified.
Read case file →Marcos Antunes Trigueiro, the “Contagem Maniac”
DNA and cellphone tracing helped investigators connect five murders of women in Greater Belo Horizonte to Marcos Antunes Trigueiro.
Read case file →The Maranhão Boys Serial-Murder Case
Forensic evidence tied Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues de Brito to a long series of murders of boys in Maranhão, leading to repeated convictions.
Read case file →The Wanninkhof–Carabantes Murders
DNA evidence linked the murders of Rocío Wanninkhof and Sonia Carabantes to Tony Alexander King and exposed the wrongful conviction of Dolores Vázquez.
Read case file →The Death of Nicky Verstappen
Eleven-year-old Nicky Verstappen disappeared from a summer camp in 1998. A large-scale DNA project two decades later led investigators to Jos Brech, who was convicted on appeal.
Read case file →The Putten Murder Case
The 1994 murder of Christel Ambrosius led to two wrongful convictions in the Netherlands. DNA later identified Ronald P., who was convicted of the killing.
Read case file →Mikhail Popkov, the “Angarsk Maniac”
Russia · Solved · Serial Killer
The Murder of Yara Gambirasio
Italy · Solved · Child Homicide / DNA Investigation
The Murder of Ángeles Rawson
Argentina · Solved · Child Homicide
The Kerry Babies Case
Ireland · Solved · Infant Death / Miscarriage of Justice
The Murder of Kristin Juel Johannessen
Norway · Solved · Child Homicide / Cold Case
Marcel Lychau Hansen, the “Amager Man”
Denmark · Solved · Serial Sexual Violence / Homicide
The Abduction and Murder of Ylenia Lenhard
Switzerland · Solved · Child Abduction / Homicide
The Murder of Sophie Sergie
Alaska · Solved · Cold Case Homicide / Genetic Genealogy