Bloodline Detectives

Genetic genealogy links a serial offender to the 1990 murder of Genevieve Zitricki.

Teresa Solecki is murdered in 1984 in California; after more than 30 years, DNA technology reveals the killer.

In 1996, Danielle Houchins is found murdered; DNA technology unmasks the killer in the 2010s.

DNA and genealogy reveal the identity of a man responsible for home invasions from 1982 to 1997.

DNA technology helps solve the murders of two 21-year-old women in North Carolina in the 1970s.

In 2013, a newborn baby know as "Baby Precious" is found dead; DNA technology tracks down the child's parents.

Mark Dribin vanishes in 1999; after over 20 years, DNA technology finally unmasks his killer and dark secrets.

DNA and genealogy solve the murder of schoolgirl Rashell Ward after over 40 years.

DNA and genealogy identify soldier Robert Lanoue as the murderer of 5-year-old Anne Pham.

A 65-year-old mystery is solved when DNA testing identifies the remains of 7-year-old Chester Alfred Breiney.

In 1976, 16-year-old Pamela Maurer's body is found along College Road in Lisle, Illinois.

In 1974, 25-year-old Mary K. Schlais is murdered while hitchhiking from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin.

In 1985, Terri McAdams is murdered in her fiancé's apartment; in 2023, DNA and genealogy identify the killer.

In October 2003, the dismembered legs of a woman are found in a dumpster in San Diego County.

In 1967, Susan Galvin is found dead; the case is reopened with help of forensic genealogy in 2018.

DNA and forensic genealogy reveal the killer of Anna Hlavka in a 1979 Portland case.

Sarah Yarborough is killed in 1991; after nearly 30 years, forensic genealogy unmasks the killer.

On February 9, 1979, Esther Gonzalez disappears in Riverside County; her body is found the next day.

Found shot in August 1986, Maria Del Pilar Delgadillo Carrillo remains unidentified until February 2024.

The 1980 Daytona Beach case known as "Jane Doe 1980" remains a haunting mystery until 2024.