International Award Winners
Sarah Yarborough Case
The 1991 murder of a 16-year-old high school student touched the entire community. It was also the first case ever to use genetic genealogy.
Phoenix Canal Murders
The 1992-1993 murders of two young women in Phoenix went cold until it became the first case solved using forensic genetic genealogy.
Selected Cases
1975 Patricia Newsom
Police have identified a teenage girl nearly 50 years after her body was found bound, gagged, wrapped in a tarp and dumped in a drainage ditch in Connecticut, officials said.
1981 Laura Kempton
The brutal murder of 23-year-old Laura Kempton of Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a case that has haunted investigators for four decades. On Thursday, however, they announced it's a case that is now closed.
2003 Officer Shooting
North Richland Hills police captain Jeff Garner was an officer on patrol 19 years ago when he was shot by a bank robbery suspect during a traffic stop.
George Madden III
George Madden was a man discovered in Lake Altoona, near Cartersville, Georgia, in 2018. He was identified by Identifinders in June 2023. He was reported missing in October 2019.
Sharon Hammack
On October 3rd, 1996, a deceased female identified as Sharon Hammack (Age 30), was located on the side of a road in Caledonia Twp, in Kent County, Michigan.
Music on Main Street
Chet K. Neilson was charged with the rape and battery of a 26-year-old woman in the Victor City Park on Aug. 4, 2017.
1988 David Paul
DNA has helped Meriden police solve a 32-year-old mystery and led them to the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found at the base of a tree on Jan. 2, 1988 after dying from exposure.
2015 Jack Fay
A Kent County judge on Friday found 37-year-old Michael Soares guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of 66-year-old Jack Fay a decade ago.
1986 Jennifer Bastian
Jennifer Bastian went missing Aug. 4, 1986 while riding her Schwinn bicycle in Point Defiance Park. Her body was found in a wooded area of the park weeks later.