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Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Cold-case detectives try to solve the decades-long murder of Sharon Hammack using forensic technology.
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Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
19-year-old Janet Stallcup is murdered in 1976. Decades later, cutting-edge technology breaks the case open.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1986, Barbara Carr is killed during a home invasion. Will new technology close in on the perpetrator?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1986, police struggle to find a young mother's killer. Years later, can genetic genealogy provide answers?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Can the groundbreaking tool of investigative genetic genealogy solve the tragic 1993 murder of Melissa Lee, which leaves detectives baffled in Bothell, Washington?
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
The 1980 Daytona Beach case known as "Jane Doe 1980" remains a haunting mystery - until 2024 when advanced forensic genetic genealogy identifies the victim.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Found shot in August 1986, Maria Del Pilar Delgadillo Carillo remains unidentified until February 2024.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
On February 9, 1979, Esther Gonzalez disappears in Riverside County; her body is found raped and bludgeoned the next day. In 2023, forensic genealogy and DNA finally confirm the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1991, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough is murdered outside her school. Eyewitnesses spot a man, but the case remains cold for nearly 30 years - until forensic genealogy unmasks the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Anna Hlavka, 20, is raped and murdered in Portland in 1979. Her case goes cold - until DNA and forensic genealogy link it to a serial killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In July 1967, 20-year-old Susan Galvin is found dead in a parking garage elevator at Seattle Center. After over 50 years, detectives reopen the investigation with the help of forensic genetic genealogy in 2018.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In October 2003, the San Diego County community is shaken by a gruesome discovery: the dismembered legs of a woman are found in a dumpster at the Rancho San Diego apartment complex. The case goes cold until DNA technology finds the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1985, Terri McAdams is murdered in her fiance's apartment. In 2023, DNA and genealogy identify the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1974, 25-year-old Mary K. Schlais is murdered while hitchhiking from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1976, 16-year-old Pamela Maurer leaves a friend's house to walk to a nearby location for a soft drink. She never makes it home. The next morning, road workers discover her body along College Road. New DNA technology solves the case in 2019.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A 65-year-old mystery is solved when DNA testing identifies the remains of 7-year-old Chester Alfred Breiney.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1982, 5-year-old Anne Pham vanishes on her way to kindergarten. Despite the FBI, the military police and the Seaside Police Department working together, the investigation goes cold until genealogy identifies her killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A single strand of hair, a DNA match and decades of detective work finally solve the murder of schoolgirl Rashell Ward after over 40 years.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Mark Dribin vanishes from Portland in 1999. After over 20 years, cutting-edge DNA technology finally unmasks his killer - and unearths even darker secrets.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 2013, a newborn baby know as "Baby Precious" is found dead. DNA technology tracks down the child's parents.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Two 21-year-old women are murdered 13 months apart in the same area in North Carolina in the early 1970s. Both cases go cold until DNA technology links one man to both murders.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
DNA and genealogy reveal the identity of a man responsible for violent home invasions from 1982 to 1997.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1996, Danielle Houchins is found murdered. DNA technology finally unmasks the killer in the 2010s.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Teresa Solecki is murdered in 1984 in California. After more than 30 years, DNA technology reveals the killer.
Bloodline Detectives
"Deadly Desire" covers the extensive investigation into Jodine Serrin's horrific murder and how forensic genealogy finally cracked the case.
Bloodline Detectives
"Murder in the Snow" is the story of Traci Hammerberg, how her murderer evaded detection for decades and how his identity was eventually uncovered by the Bloodline Detectives.
Bloodline Detectives
Scottsdale Spree Shooting follows a fast-paced investigation into a killing spree that claimed six victims.
Bloodline Detectives
"Ice Cold Murder" is the story of the dedicated investigation into Christy Mirack's murder and how the Bloodline Detectives traced her killer with DNA.
Bloodline Detectives
"March Massacre" follows the investigation into the brutal murder of Barbara Becker and how familial DNA eventually led the Bloodline Detectives to her murderer.
Bloodline Detectives
"Unrighteous Act" follows the investigation into the brutal murder of Karen Klaas and how, 41 years later, cutting-edge DNA forensics solved her murder.
Bloodline Detectives
Motorway Killer is the story of how police used the science of familial DNA to solve a random killing.
Bloodline Detectives
"Blood Bath" is the harrowing story of Melanie Road's murder, how police never gave up hope and with the help of familial DNA tracked down her killer.
Bloodline Detectives
"Road Trip to Hell" is about a fun road trip that turned into a real-life horror movie, and how dedicated investigators and genealogy solved the crime.
Bloodline Detectives
The episode follows Washoe County P.D.'s exhaustive investigation to identify both a victim and her killer.
Bloodline Detectives
The case follows the investigation into the murder of Le Bich Thuy and how the killer was finally identified.
Bloodline Detectives
This is the story of Lynette White's senseless killing and how a ground-breaking DNA method solved the crime.
Bloodline Detectives
The episode follows the investigation of uncovering a serial killer and how DNA genetic genealogy solved the murders.
Bloodline Detectives
This episode follows how with the help of familial DNA detectives were able to track down a serial rapist.
Bloodline Detectives
This episode follows the exhaustive investigation into the murder of Tangie Simms and how genetic genealogy helped solve the crime.
Bloodline Detectives
This episode follows the exhaustive investigation into a senseless murder and how genetic genealogy identified the killer.
Bloodline Detectives
This case follows a 40-year murder investigation and how it became another success story.
Bloodline Detectives
This episode follows an extensive investigation and how the revolutionary science of familial DNA revealed a perpetrator's identity.
Bloodline Detectives
This case follows the investigation into the Halling Rapist and how familial DNA helped solve the crime.
Bloodline Detectives
This is the story of four innocent victims and how their attacker became another successful target of the Bloodline Detectives.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In Sacramento, three women are assaulted by the same man. Police use genealogy technology to find the suspect.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A young couple is murdered in Montana in 1956. In 2019, investigators use voluntary genealogical databases to catch the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is attacked in her own home and fight to solve the case.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1993, a teen is kidnapped and raped. A forensic genealogy company is able to track down the suspect.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
14 years after an attack of a jogger, police trace a family tree using genetic genealogy and find the rapist.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A woman is shocked to learn her DNA helped detectives identify a Jane Doe that remained a mystery for decades.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A young woman out jogging is attacked and viciously raped at knifepoint. The perpetrator continues his reign of terror by raping another five times over the next nine years.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In Alexandria, Virginia in 2016, a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police soon learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, two years previously.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In August 1977, the body of a young girl was discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, WA. She had been strangled and shot. Investigators launched a two-tiered investigation.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
February 1968 in South Dakota, 60-year-old pharmacist Gwen Miller fails to show up for work. Despite co-workers discover her body soon after, the case goes cold and remains so for decades.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Portageville, Missouri in 1998. The bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer are found lifeless in their sitting room. Both had been shot in the head several times.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1976, Leslie Penrod Harris storms out of a restaurant after an argument with her husband. She never returns. Hours later, her naked body is found near El Toro Air Base twenty miles away.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
December 1987 in Ohio, the nude body of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik is found face down on a rural road. She had been violently raped and strangled.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her daughter missing. Three days later, a jogger makes a gruesome discovery.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
On June 11th, 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.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1987, Terry Wood finds his wife Roxanne dead. Genetic genealogy pinpoints her killer 35 years later.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 2001, a 7-year-old girl is kidnapped and raped by an unknown assailant in Colorado. The victim lives in fear as the perpetrator is nowhere to be found - until nearly 20 years later, thanks to an exciting new forensic tool.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Valentine's Day, 1974. Carla Walker is raped and killed, leading to a cold case that takes 46 years to crack.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1979, 16-year-old Kim Bryant disappears from outside a Dairy Queen in Las Vegas. Three weeks later, her body is found: she had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death. 40 years later, genetic genealogy finally names the killer.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1981, Linda Slaten is sexually assaulted and murdered in her Florida apartment while her children sleep.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A killer evades justice for the murder of Diana Hanson for 38 years until genetic genealogy can identify him.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1996, a woman takes her life in a Virginia cemetery and leaves a note that she wishes to remain unidentified.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
A little girl's body is found, unidentified, in the Arizona desert in 1960. Across state lines, a family is reeling after their 4-year-old child is abducted. Sixty years later, science pieces it all together.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1981, the body of Sylvia Quayle is discovered by her father in her Colorado home: she had been sexually assaulted, stabbed and shot. After a false confession and decades of investigative work, science breaks this case open.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
DNA science finally identifies both killer and victim from a murder that took place back in Florida in 1991.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Genetic genealogy brings answers to the families of two little girls who were murdered in 1986 in Tacoma, WA.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
In 1984, the bruised and bloodied body of 25-year-old Naval recruit Pamela Cahanes is found in a lot.
Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
After 23-year-old Mary Scott fails to show up for work, a friend visits her San Diego apartment: she finds Mary's dead body, who had been raped and strangled. Mary's killer goes undetected for 51 years - until DNA finally identifies him.