Forensic experts have identified human remains found nearly four decades ago in Bristol, New Hampshire.

Police said the skull of a man was found in the woods in Bristol back in 1986 and has been unidentified ever since.

Pierce County detectives say the remains belong to William Nelson Church Jr., a young father who vanished from Tacoma in the late 1970s.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investigators say the Nancy Guthrie search has shifted to detailed detective work. Officials are urging the public to report ...

A 20-year-old man who was hit and killed on Interstate 95 near the town of Ashland in Hanover County in March 1997 has been identified through DNA nearly 50 years later.

Tens of thousands of individuals in the United States remain unidentified, many for decades.

A decades old homicide investigation in St Petersburg has taken a major step forward after investigators used modern forensic techniques to identify a man who had remained unnamed since 1980.

“I uploaded my DNA and then they said if I was a match I would get a letter,” the woman told Newsweek.

Nearly three weeks into the search for Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement says traditional investigative work is ongoing and unidentified DNA evidence may prove critical as the case progresses.