FIGG in the News
A collection of the latest news on FIGG developments and outcomes in the U.S.
April 2025
04/14/2025 - ‘Genealogy Helps Victims Who Appeared on America’s Most Wanted ID Assailant 32 Years Later’ (Forensic)
04/02/2025 - ‘Doe Last Seen in 1984 Now Identified’ (Forensic)
04/01/2025 - ‘Woman Found on Collingwood Boulevard in 1987 Has Been Identified, Toledo Police Say’ (WTOL11)
March 2025
03/27/2025 - ‘84-Year-Old Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Minneapolis Woman More Than 50 Years Ago’ (KARE11)
03/26/2025 - ‘Ramapo College’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center Helps Solve 2014 Cold Case’ (New Jersey News 12)
03/20/2025 - ‘Clair Glynn Talks About Forensic Genealogy’ (Spectroscopy)
03/17/2025 - ‘Genealogy Identifies Illinois Jane Doe After 23 Years‘ (Forensic)
03/17/2025 - ‘Unit Identifies 7 Cold Case Rapists in 5 Months’ (Forensic)
03/12/2025 - ‘DNA Links Loganville Man to 1990 Murders—Jury Finds Him Guilty’ (11Alive)
03/10/2025 - ‘Murder Victim ID’ed as Formerly Incarcerated Washington Man’ (Forensic)
03/07/2025 - “‘Among the Worst in the History of Fairfax County’ | Convicted Murderer Sentenced to 70 Years for 1994 Killing’ (WUSA9)
February 2025
02/26/2025 - ‘Jefferson County Coroner Uses Forensic Genetic Genealogy to Solve 2002 Cold Case Homicide’ (ABC News)
02/12/2025 - “‘Missing and Disappeared” Exhibit Shines Light on Jane Does” (The Minnesota Daily)
02/12/2025 - ‘Investigators Use Genetic Genealogy to ID 1986 Rapist’ (Forensic)
02/12/2025 - ‘Remains Found in 2005 Identified as Escaped Inmate’ (Forensic)
02/10/2025 - ‘Genealogy Identifies 1990 Jane Doe in Open Investigation’ (Forensic)
January 2025
01/27/2025 - ‘Cold Case Task Force IDs 1985 Victim of Serial Killer Duo’ (Forensic)
01/26/2025 - ‘Nearly Half a Century After Honolulu Teen’s Killing, Modern DNA Testing Leads to Arrest of a Former Schoolmate’ (CNN)
01/20/2025 - ‘Wisconsin Innocence Project to Use $1.5M Grant to Revisit Old Cases with New Technology’ (Wisconsin Public Radio)
01/13/2025 - ‘Ramapo IGG Center Teams with Retired Investigators Guild to Solve More Crimes’ (Forensic)
01/06/2025 - ‘Woman Identified 33 Years After Homicide; 15 Years After Her Murdered Released from Prison’ (Forensic)
December 2024
12/31/2024 - ‘New York Woman Identified After 30 Years Using DNA Technology’ (NewsNation)
12/28/2024 - ‘Two Girls Sexually Assaulted at Sleepover 36 Years Ago, WA Cops Say. Case Now Solved’ (MSN)
12/24/2024 - ‘Unknown Man Buried in Twin Cities Cemetery Identified with Help From the DNA Doe Project’ (CBS News)
12/17/2024 - ‘Forensic Science Leads to Identification of Man Found Dead in 1980’ (California Statewide Law Enforcement Association)
12/11/2024 - ‘Oldest U.S. John Doe Investigations: Historic Project to Identify America’s First Veterans Begins This Month’ (PR Newswire)
12/08/2024 - ‘DNA Evidence Helps Identify Woman’s Killer 36 Years After Her Death’ (CNN)
12/06/2024 - ‘DNA Doe Project Solves Two Cases of Unidentified Bodies in Austin’ (Fox7Austin)
12/06/2024 - ‘State Police, FBI Identify Child Found Deceased Over 30 Years Ago’ (New York State Police)
12/05/2024 - ‘OKC Police Solve 50-Year-Old Cold Case Homicide Using DNA, Genealogy’ (The Oklahoman)
November 2024
11/24/2024 - ‘Remains Found in Pennsylvania Over 50 Years Ago are Identified as Teen Girl Who Went Missing’ (CNN)
11/21/2024 - “‘Baby Holly,’ Who was Missing for More Than 40 Years, Now Helps Identify Missing Persons’ (ABC News)
11/21/2024 - ‘Genetic Genealogy Can Stop Violent Criminals and Free the Wrongly Convicted’ (Scientific American)
11/07/2024 - ‘Genealogy Links Suspect to 1986, 1992 Sexual Assaults of Children’ (Forensic)
11/05/2024 - ‘A Las Vegas Woman Was Found Strangled to Death in 1994. Decades Later, a Nonprofit Group Helped Identify Her Killer’ (CNN)
October 2024
10/28/2024 - ‘DNA Doe Project Identifies Elderly Woman Found in Clandestine Grave’ (Forensic)
10/27/2024 - “Genetic Genealogy Identifies 1980 Central Florida ‘Jane Doe’ as Victim of Serial Killer” (West Orlando News)
10/23/2024 - ‘Barnegat Man Convicted in 25-Year-Old Murder Case’ (The Sand Paper)
10/22/2024 - ‘DNA, Genealogy Search Provides Lead in 2008 Murder’ (Forensic)
10/11/2024 - ‘First Suucessful IGG Case in New Orleans Reveals Victim’s Name After 22 Years’ (Forensic)
10/07/2024 - ‘Othram, QIAGEN Collaborate on Tools, Standards for DNA’ (Forensic)
10/03/2024 - ‘How a Georgetown, UMD Serial Rape Suspect was Found by Police Using Genealogy’ (NBC Washington)
10/03/2024 - ‘Investigators Being Trained in Forensic Genetic Genealogy, Tool That Has Solved Cincinnati Cases’ (FOX19NOW)
September 2024
09/05/2024 - ‘APD Identifies Woman Whose Remains Were Found Decades Ago Using Genetic Genealogy’ (New Mexico Sun)
09/11/2024 - ‘Kansas Police Use Genetic Genealogy to Solve 2007 Rape Case’ (Forensic)
09/16/2024 - ‘Genetic Genealogy Helps Name Suspect in 1993 Murder’ (Forensic)
09/16/2024 - ‘Serial Rapist Receives Life Sentence in First Genetic Genealogy Jury Trial in Dallas County History’ (Bureau of Justice Administration)
09/23/2024 - ‘QIAGEN and Bode Technology Partner to Advance Use of GEDMatch PRO Forensic Genetic Genealogy Database’ (Yahoo)
09/25/2024 - ‘DNA Analysis Exonerates Bintz Brothers of 1987 Green Bay Murder of Sandra Lison’ (WBAY)
August 2024
08/27/2024 - ‘44 Years After Woman Murdered in Suburban Seattle, DNA on Cigarette Leads to Suspect in Arkansas’ (CBS News)
08/22/2024 - “Nearly a Century After the ‘Torso Killer’ Terrorized Cleveland, DNA Testing is Underway to Identify Victims” (CBS News)
08/19/2024 - ‘Case Solved: Serial Rapist Receives Life Sentence in First Genetic Genealogy Trial in Dallas County History’ (Irving Weekly)
08/18/2024 - ‘Police Were Searching Victim DNA for One Serial Killer. Instead, They Discovered a Possible New One’ (The Independent)
08/16/2024 - ‘Texas Nursing Student’s Kidnapping, Murder Solved After 44 Years’ (ABC News)
08/05/2024 - ‘Authorities in Florida Identify Murder Suspect from 1972’ (Forensic)
July 2024
07/25/2024 - ‘“John Doe” Found in 2020 in Stark County is Identified’ (Ohio Attorney General Press Release)
07/18/2024 - ‘Inside the Texas Crime Lab That Has Cracked Hundreds of Cold Cases’ (Texas Monthly)
07/13/2024 - ‘A Mystery Writer Planned to Retire. Now She is Leading a Team of Genetic Detectives…’ (The Guardian)
07/12/2024 - ‘Researchers Positively Identify Victim of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery’ (News 9 Tulsa)
07/10/2024 - ‘Lawmakers Cautious as Genetic Tests Help in Cracking Cold Cases’ (Forensic)
07/08/2024 - ‘Unidentified Remains Project Gives People Back Their Names, Families’ (Minnesota Department of Public Safety)
07/08/2024 - ‘QIAGEN to Enhance the Identification of Human Remains of Indigenous People and African Americans’ (Morningstar)
07/06/2024 - ‘Who Died in the Tulsa Race Massacre?’ (New York Times)
June 2024
06/09/2024 - ‘Genealogy, Suspect Death Solve 1990 “Grace Doe” Case’ (Forensic)
06/07/2024 - ‘“John Doe 2000” Identified After 24 Years’ (Forensic)
06/01/2024 - ‘New DNA Links Uncover Surnames of Tulsa Massacre Victims, 103 Years Later’ (Atlanta Daily World)
May 2024
05/31/2024 - ‘Forensics Identifies Human Remains Found on Mount Elden, Arizona in 2019’ (Forensic)
05/28/2024 - ‘Arizona’s “Windbreaker” John Doe: Identity Confirmed After 37 Year’ (Forensic)
05/24/2024 - ‘Quick Take: 5 Common Myths About Genetic Genealogy Investigation’ (Police1)
05/23/2024 - ‘Othram Announces Project 525 to Identify Missing and Murdered Children’ (PRWeb)
05/21/2024 - ‘Remains Recovered from Home of Suspected Serial Killer Herb Baumeister Identified’ (NBC)
05/14/2024 - ‘“Chimney Doe Skeleton” Found in Music Store Chimney Identified After Nearly 35 Years’ (ABC)
05/09/2024 - ‘1977 John Doe Identified Using Genetic Genealogy’ (Forensic)
April 2024
04/26/2024 - ‘More Funding for Reverse Family Tree Technology Opens Options for Solving Cold Cases in the State’ (Wyoming Public Radio)
04/22/2024 - ‘CT Forensics Experts Tackle Cold Case Backlog’ (Hartford Courant)
04/22/2024 - ‘Moxxy Identifies John Doe Struck by Car in 1994’ (Forensic)
04/17/1986 - ‘DNA Doe Project Names 1985 Jane Doe Hours After DNA Analysis’ (Forensic)
04/15/2024 - ‘Identified: Body of Immigrant Found Dead in 1986’ (Forensic)
04/15/2024 - ‘Othram Announces the Appointment of Paul Holes as Forensic Investigator’ (PRWeb)
04/12/2024 - ‘Convictions Upheld in LA’s First Genealogy Database-Solved Cold Cases’ (Patch)
04/11/2024 - ‘Tracing Charleston’s History of Slavery, From a Burial Ground to a DNA Swab’ (New York Times)
04/11/2024 - ‘Forensic Genealogy Offers Families the Gift of Closure’ (Scientific American)
04/09/2024 - ‘San Diego Cold Case: 1986 Homicide Victim Found Near Lakeside ID’s through Genetic Genealogy’ (NBC)
04/05/2024 - ‘Law Enforcement Hopeful as Access to Forensic Genealogy Testing Expands in Florida’ (ABC)
March 2024
03/19/2024 - ‘Oregon Man Found Guilty After DNA from Chewing Gum Links Him to 1980 Murder of College Student’ (CBS)
03/19/2024 - ‘New Funding Will Provide Genetic Genealogy Testing for Unidentified Remains in Washington’ (NBC)
03/14/2024 - ‘Remains of Decorated WWII Veteran Finally Identified and to be Laid to Rest in Chillicothe’ (The Scioto Post)
03/12/2024 - ‘Cold Case Solved in Dallas County’s First Murder Conviction Using Forensic Genealogy’ (CBS)
03/12/2024 - ‘Deputies Use Genetic Genealogy to ID Woman Found Dead in Indian River County in 1982’ (CBS)
03/13/2024 - ‘Dentures Provide Clues as DDP Identifies 1996 John Doe’ (Forensic)
03/08/2024 - ‘UNMC Human Identification Lab no accredited to help solve cold cases’ (NPR)
February 2024
02/28/2024 - ‘The Emotional Impact of Working in Investigative Genetic Genealogy’ (Forensic)
02/28/2024 - ‘Hearing in Idaho Student Killings Case Focuses on Genetic Genealogy. Why that May Be Important’ (KSL.com)
02/28/2024 - ‘Under-representation in DNA Databases Can Be a Hurdle for Cold Case Investigations’ (Cleveland 19)
02/27/2024 - ‘New Mexico’s New Cold Case Unite Focusing on Genetic Genealogy’ (KRQE)
02/26/2024 - ‘Identification of Alabama Man’s Body Found in 1991 Solves One Mystery, but Others Remain’ (AL.com)
02/25/2024 - ‘Decades-old Missing Persons Case Solved after Relative Uploads DNA to Genealogy Site’ (NPR)