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5 Harrowing Cold Cases That Were Cracked Decades Later Thanks To Tech And Science Advancements

Progress in DNA technology allowed investigators to track down the perpetrators, providing long-awaited answers to grieving families.

Bored Panda · Jun 30, 2025

Abducted girl found after six years thanks shopkeeper who watched Netflix documentary

Kayla Unbehaun was taken by her mother, who is now charged with child abduction

Wales Online · May 16, 2023

DNA confirms woman kidnapped more than 50 years ago is Melissa Highsmith

Family of Melissa Highsmith say Fort Worth police failed to properly investigate her abduction in 1971

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Melissa Highsmith: Missing Texas woman reunited with family 51 years after being kidnapped by babysitter

DNA test brought family back together more than five decades after 21 month old was snatched

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Texas woman found by family 51 years after being kidnapped as baby

Melissa Highsmith, who family say was abducted in Fort Worth in 1971, located in South Carolina, more than 1,000 miles away

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2022