Bloodline Detectives

In 1996 Michigan, a body is found discarded on the side of the road, wrapped in a blanket. The victim is young mother Sharon Hammack. Can new technology solve this cold case?

While jogging along a scenic canal, a young woman is brutally attacked and raped by a stranger. Police use groundbreaking genetic genealogy to identify the perpetrator.

In 2010, Sherry Black is found stabbed to death in her bookstore in Salt Lake City, Utah. Police fail to identify her killer until advancements in DNA science reignite the case.

In 1976 Wisconsin, 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys are murdered in a park. The case goes cold until 2015 when advancements in DNA science reignite the investigation.

When Clare Holman is murdered in 1994, her case quickly goes cold, and many assume it will stay that way. But twenty years later, new technology finally provides answers.

The murder of 19-year-old Janet Stallcup in Orange County in 1976 stumps police for decades until cutting-edge technology links it to two other cases and blows the case wide open.

In 1978, the body of teen Krisann Baxter is found in Spokane, Washington. The case troubles investigators for over 40 years, but now a forensic technique may solve the mystery.

In 1989, 20-year-old Krista Martin is murdered by an intruder in Wichita, Kansas. After a 40-year investigation, will investigative genetic genealogy provide answers for her family?

In 1991, an intruder sexually assaults a woman in her own home in Chandler, Arizona. The case goes unsolved for decades until revolutionary science connects the dots.

In 1995 Texas, the parents of Mary Catherine Edwards find her brutalized body in her bathroom. The killer evades justice - until forensic science catches up with him.

Thirty years after college student Cathy Sposito is brutally killed on a hiking trail in Prescott, Arizona, can a groundbreaking forensic tool finally identify her killer?

In 1983, the Seabrook, Texas community is shaken when 20-year-old waitress Susan Eads is found murdered. Decades later, can modern forensic techniques finally find the perpetrator?

In 1986, when Barbara Carr is murdered during a home invasion in Texas, her husband oddly escapes unharmed. Could a new forensic technique connect Barbara's murder to an unexpected suspect?

Ventura police struggle to find the murderer of 42-year-old mother Danielle Clause in 1991. Three decades later, will family trees and a new forensic science finally give them answers?

A woman's skeletal remains are found in Okaloosa County in 1994, sparking a years-long search for her identity and killer - until a new forensic tool provides answers.

In 1986, detectives are stumped while trying to solve the murder of a 22-year-old mother in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Decades later, will investigative genetic genealogy finally have the answer?

In 1987, when mother of two Mary Davis is found murdered in Lexington, North Carolina, a decades-long investigation begins. Cutting-edge forensics provide long-awaited answers.

Can the groundbreaking tool of investigative genetic genealogy solve the tragic 1993 murder of Melissa Lee, which leaves detectives baffled in Bothell, Washington?

A string of rapes in the mid-2000s shrouds the community of Fayetteville, North Carolina in fear. Years later, a forensic DNA technique brings the twisted perpetrator to justice.

When a beloved young woman is brutally murdered and left in an abandoned house in Brown County, Texas, investigative genetic genealogy could be the key to finding the perpetrator.