DNA evidence has solved the case of a 23-year-old newlywed whose body was found bound, strangled, sexually assaulted, and shot just off a Colorado highway in 1970. Mother of two Betty Lee Jones was last seen on March 8, 1970, after a days-long argument with her husband of nine days, Robert Ray Jones. Robert Jones …
The little girl’s body was found hog-tied and nude in a creek
A former prison employee and college lecturer was arrested Friday in Georgia in connection with three rapes which occurred in California in 1992 and 1994. According to the Davis Enterprise, Mark Jeffrey Manteuffel, 59, was apprehended in Decatur for three attacks in Davis, Sacramento County, and Sacramento. Officials declined to fully divulge how DNA played …
A court order this week denied attorneys’ request on behalf of Chris Watts to obtain DNA evidence from the necks of his murdered young girls. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Watts is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanann, and their two toddlers. Defense attorneys previously sought the DNA evidence in an effort to bolster their …
Law enforcement, along with a team of forensic experts, are exhuming bodies from graves in Philadelphia in an attempt to solve decades-old cold cases, some of which violent deaths. ABC reports that a team led by a forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle, are exhuming seven human bodies from the Potter’s Field Cemetery in Philadelphia, then transporting them …
After DNA testing helped capture the alleged Golden State Killer, authorities are hoping it will lead to the elusive Zodiac Killer, who remains unidentified after killing at least five people decades ago. “It is possible,” former San Francisco homicide detective Pam Hofsass told The Sacramento Bee. “It’s totally worth looking at, and I hope with all …
New details have emerged regarding the investigation that led to an arrest in the decades-old East Area Rapist case. Investigators in Sacramento, California, say the case hinged on information available through websites used to trace genealogical heritages. According to the Sacramento Bee, detectives began submitting DNA found at a crime scene several years ago to …
Genetic testing companies like Ancestry or 23andMe have exploded in popularity in recent years as millions seek to learn more about their family history. Alarmingly, many remain unaware that law enforcement can legally obtain your DNA information from these companies if they obtain a warrant. 23andMe’s self-reported data indicated that American police have sought information about …
Authorities in Texas say a high-tech mugshot convinced a suspect to confess to a 2016 murder. According to KTAB, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office authorized DNA found at the scene of the crime to be used in creating a composite sketch. That image was then released to the public and is being credited with convincing …
After experts determined a bone found in Aruba did not belong to missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, the sister of another woman who went missing on the island is trying to determine if it might be a lead in that case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Holloway’s father and a private investigator reported their ongoing investigation …
A Houston, Texas, man must pay child support for a child that is not biologically his after he missed a court hearing he said he knew nothing about. Chron reports that Gabriel Cornejo, 45, took a DNA test over the paternity of a 16-year-old child, although his former girlfriend said there’s no way the child wasn’t his. The test proved …
He left his bright orange prison-issued underwear, with DNA evidence, at the scene
