Bloodline Detectives

In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered; 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.

In Sacramento, three women are assaulted by the same man; investigators use genealogy technology to track down the suspect.

A young couple is murdered in Montana in 1956; in 2019, investigators use voluntary genealogical databases to catch the killer.

A small community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is attacked in her own home; detectives use innovative techniques to solve the case.

In 1993, a 19-year-old woman is kidnapped and raped; a private forensic genealogy company is able to track down the suspect.

In 1997, a woman is attacked on her route home; a suspect is arrested over 20 years later with the help of a genetic genealogical search.

In 1974, a 5-year-old girl disappears while walking to her friend's house; 46 years later, detectives are able to put the case to rest using modern DNA technology.

A woman out for a walk is attacked and sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant; 14 years later, police trace a family tree using genetic genealogy and find the rapist.

When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.

A woman takes a genealogy test to learn what happened to her estranged mother and is shocked to learn her DNA helped law enforcement identify a Jane Doe that remained a mystery for decades.

In 1981 a young woman is found murdered on the side of the road; who killed her remains a mystery for decades until law enforcement can utilize genetic genealogy to crack the case.

A young woman out jogging is attacked and raped at knifepoint; the perpetrator continues his reign of terror by raping another five times over the next nine years.

In Alexandria, Va., in 2016, a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool; police soon learn of a similar incident in Fairfax.

In August 1977, the body of a young girl is discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, Wash.; she had been strangled and shot, and investigators launched a two-tiered investigation.

In 1968 in South Dakota, 60-year-old pharmacist Gwen Miller is found dead -- but the case goes cold and remains so for decades.

In 1998, the bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer were found lifeless in their sitting room in Portageville, Mo.; both had been shot in the head several times.

In 1976, Leslie Penrod Harris storms out of a restaurant after an argument with her husband; hours later, her naked body is found near El Toro Air Base 20 miles away.

In Ohio in December 1987, the nude body of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik is found face down on a rural road; she had been raped and strangled.

In 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her 8-year-old daughter April missing after she fails to return home; three days later, a man out jogging makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby ditch.

On June 11, 1963, a man fishing in Oregon reels in the body of a toddler; the child had been wrapped in blankets and weighed down by iron molds.