DNA

News coverage of last month's 40th anniversary of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's arrest has meant dozens of more tips for Illinois investigators trying…

DANVILLE, Ill. - Police say investigators believe a now-deceased man killed a young woman inside her eastern Illinois home 38 years ago.Danville officials…

A former White Sox groundskeeper will return to his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction.DNA evidence last year…

The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department and Pekin Police are working to determine what happened to 13-year-old Robert Bee. The human skeleton collected…

The University of Illinois has canceled plans to host a talk by Nobel Laureate James Watson after faculty raised concerns about his discredited views on…

Citizen scientists in Peoria have a chance to explore genetics through a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian and the National Human Genome Research…

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois native who flew planes in Southeast Asia more than 75 years ago has been buried alongside his parents in…

An effort to identify the remains of young men murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the 1970s has led to a break in an unrelated case. That of a…

Chicago police trying to identify a dismembered toddler found in a lagoon earlier this month have collected DNA from the relatives of children who have…

Investigators say three men seen in a video from a home near where a northern Illinois police officer was fatally shot were not involved in the…