When Washington’s remains were first discovered at the abandoned house on the east side of Detroit, it was determined that she was a Black female between the ages of 20 and 30 years and that she was about five feet tall. But no other identifying characteristics could be determined.

Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments, a renewed quest is playing out in laboratories.

The wealthy Republican businessman is suspected of killing up to 25 young men and boys before he died by suicide after police discovered human remains on his estate in 1996.

Darylnn Washington was identified as the Jane Doe discovered on the east side of Detroit in June 2006, through a partnership between the Detroit Police Department and Othram Inc., a Texas-based forensic genetic genealogy firm specializing in advanced DNA testing, the company shared in a press release .

Authorities in Detroit have identified the remains of a woman found in an abandoned Detroit house nearly 20 years ago.

A renewed effort to identify victims of suspected Indiana serial killer Herbert Baumeister is underway, decades after investigators unearthed thousands of bone fragments on his property. Using advanced DNA technology,

It's a criminal investigation breakthrough nearly two decades in the making. Advanced DNA identified the remains of a woman found in an abandoned Detroit house as Marilyn Washington.

It's been decades since thousands of human bones and bone fragments were unearthed on a suspected Indiana serial killer's property.

Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected Indiana serial killer’s property, a renewed quest is playing out in laboratories to solve a long-running mystery: Who were they?