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A woman in gloves explains lab materials to three people gathered around a table, all attentively watching. A handwritten note with figures is visible on the wall in the background.

Anna Delaney, Forensic Anthropologist for the New Jersey State Police, handles the remains of Henry Goodsell while IGG Center employees look on.

KENS5 News [May 28, 2026] DNA breakthrough identifies San Antonio man found dead in Colorado 40 years ago

Forensic Magazine [May 27, 2026] Astrea Forensics, Ramapo IGG Center Identify 1986 Homicide Victim

New Jersey Patch [May 21, 2026] She Died Alone At A Bus Stop. NJ Students Helped Solve Cold Case

Forensic Magazine [May 4, 2026] IGG Center Students Help ID Suspect in 1999 Assault

People Magazine [May 4, 2026] Woman Identified 35 Years After Being Found Dead in Motel. How College Students Helped Authorities Solve the Mystery

CBS News [April 23, 2026] Ramapo College DNA team identifies 1979 murder victim as New Jersey cold case heats up

ABC6 Action News [April 23, 2026] Homicide victim identified nearly 50 years after remains were found in New Jersey

Forensic Magazine [February 25, 2026] Students Identify 1986 Jane Doe who was Never Reported Missing

Sacramento Bee [February 12, 2026] Placer detectives closer to clues in 50-year-old cold case of man found burned alive

The New York Times [December 7, 2025] Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users

NBC Philadelphia [November 19, 2025] ‘We can stop guessing’: NJ brother gets answers in missing man’s cold case

WCNC Charlotte [November 10, 2025] New Jersey man missing since 2013 identified as Charlotte cold case victim

Forensic Magazine [September 22, 2025] Public Tip, Genealogy Work Helps ID Missouri Street John Doe 2004

AZCentral [August 29, 2025] He was killed by a Phoenix driver 19 years ago. Here’s how he was finally identified

BBC News [July 6, 2025] DNA technology helps solve British man cold case

The Independent [July 2, 2025] Scientists celebrate ‘historic milestone’ as remains of man identified 12 years after death

ISHI News [June 16, 2025] This Week in Forensic Science

NBC10 Philadelphia [May 29, 2025] Skeletal remains found at Jersey Shore identified as 19th century boat captain

NPR WNYC [May 23, 2025] Cold case solved: College students help ID the remains of a 19th century sea captain

The Philadelphia Inquirer [May 23, 2025] Bones that washed up on New Jersey beaches were identified as the captain of a 19th-century ship traveling to Philly

ABC KOLO 9 [April 16, 2025] PCSO identifies remains of woman at the center of 20-year-old cold case

AZFamily.com [April 16, 2025] John Doe who died in Phoenix 20 years ago identified as missing Ohio man

ABC 11 [April 6, 2025] North Carolina cold case murder victim identified after nearly 3 decades, police say

WCNC Charlotte [April 5, 2025] Charlotte police crack decades-old cold case with DNA

Charlotte Observer [April 5, 2025]  Skeleton found near BoA Stadium in 1996 identified as woman with cryptic past, CMPD says

Inside Edition [April 1, 2025] College Class Helps Cops Identify Woman Missing for 10 Years in New Jersey

CBS News New York [March 25, 2025] Remains linked to cold case identified thanks to help from New Jersey college students

Fox News Philadelphia [March 25, 2025] NJ students help solve cold case of Allentown woman missing since 2014

The Morning Call [March 25, 2025] Remains of missing Allentown woman identified more than 10 years later, thanks to NJ college students

NJ.com [March 25, 2025] N.J. college students ID remains of woman missing since 2014

Daily Voice Allentown [March 25, 2025] Foot Found Near Delaware River ID’d As Missing Allentown Woman Thanks To NJ College Students

Pix11 News  [March 25, 2025] NJ genealogy student helped police ID missing PA Woman

CTV News  [January 31, 2025] Decades-long mystery solved: Skull found in New Hampshire linked to child of Quebec family

KTTC [November 11, 2024] UPDATE: Evidence that led to arrest of Owatonna man in a 50-year-old cold case

Kare11 [November 11, 2024] Genealogy team explains how they helped solve 50-year cold case

CBSNews [November 11, 2024] Authorities, genetic researchers detail how DNA helped find alleged killer in 1974 Wisconsin cold case

ABCNews [November 11, 2024] Man, 84, charged with killing Wisconsin hitchhiker in 1974

NJ.COM [October 5, 2024] N.J. college students help clear brothers wrongfully convicted of 1987 murder

HuffPost [October 1, 2024] Brothers Who Spent 25 Years In Prison For Woman’s Murder Exonerated

People [September 27, 2024] 2 Brothers Spent Decades in Prison After Wisconsin Woman’s Rape and Murder. DNA Shows It Was Someone Else

FOX11News [September 26, 2024] Brothers exonerated of 1987 Green Bay murder; DNA evidence points to man who died in 2000

NJ.COM [August 31, 2024] N.J. college center solves 3-year-old missing persons case from 1,000 miles away

New York Times [April 21, 2024] Jawbone in Child’s Rock Collection Linked to Marine Who Died in 1951

Los Angeles Times [April 20, 2024] Solving the mystery of a human jawbone found in an Arizona boy’s rock collection

CBSNews [April 18, 2024] Jawbone of U.S. Marine killed in 1951 found in boy’s rock collection

News12 New Jersey [April 16, 2024]
A Suffern High School student helped crack a more than 70-year-old John Doe case

KTVO [April 16, 2004] Remains of Marine buried in Palmyra, Mo. identified decades after his death

NBC New York
[February 9, 2024] Ramapo college students crack cold case in Arizona (video)

FOX10 Phoenix [February 7, 2024] ‘Beaver Creek John Doe’ identified over a decade after his death

All About Arizona News [February 7, 2024]
New Jersey College Students Help Solve 13-Year-Old Arizona Cold Case

KTAR [February 7, 2024] New Jersey college students identify body to solve 13-year-old Arizona cold case

ABC15 [February 6, 2024] ‘Beaver Creek John Doe’ identified after being found dead in Yavapai County in 2011

The Prescott Times [February 6, 2024] Arizona John Doe Identified Using Investigative Genetic Genealogy

The Arizona Republic/AZCentral [February 6, 2024] Man found dead in Yavapai County in 2011 has been ID’d

CBSNews Chicago [Dec 15, 2023] Students identify Chicago man 43 years after he was found dead in Wisconsin

WSAW [Dec 15, 2023] Oneida County John Doe identified as Chicago man missing since 1980

WSAU [Dec 15, 2023] A 1980s Oneida County Cold Case Has Been Solved; Body Identified After 43 Years

Wausau Pilot & Review [Dec 15, 2023] Remains identified 43 years after body discovered near Rhinelander

WJFW / NBC Newswatch 12 [Dec 15, 2023] 1980 Oneida County John Doe identified as a missing man in Chicago

Northwoods Star Journal [Dec 15, 2023] 43-year Rhinelander cold case ends – Identity of 1980 John Doe confirmed

Forensic Magazine [Oct 30, 2023] Ramapo College’s IGG Center Helps ID 2012 John Doe

Intermountain Forensics [Oct 26, 2023] Case Resolution – Joseph Daniel Pierce Identified

The Messenger [Jun 30, 2023] College Class Cracks Decades-Old Cold Case – Genetic detectives track identity of ‘John Doe’ found in hotel room 21 years ago

KGUN 9 Tucson [Jun 28, 2023] Cold Case from Nogales cracked by college students after 21 years

Idaho Statesman [Jun 25, 2023] ‘Un-American’ or another police ‘tool’? DNA profile use in Idaho murder case forms division

The Sacramento Bee [Jun 23, 2023] College students help identify man found dead in hotel room in 2002

Boston Globe [Jun 6, 2023] DNA research is helping investigators track down suspects in cold cases. But how does it work?

NorthJersey.com / The Record [Mar 16, 2023] Mystery of human remains found in Bergen years ago could be solved by Ramapo students

NorthJersey.com [Mar 9, 2023] Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College helps to identify John Does

Police Off The Cuff Podcast [Mar 8, 2023] Investigative genetic genealogy and the Idaho quadruple case, Bryan Kohberger

KOLD Tucson [March 8, 2023] New DNA project aims to help identify Southern Arizona John Does

KGUN 9 Tucson [Mar 6, 2023] Identifying three Southern Arizona John Does through genetic genealogy

Slate [Jan 10, 2023] How Police Actually Cracked the Idaho Killings Case

Forensic Magazine [Dec 2, 2022] NJ College Launches World’s First Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center

North Jersey Media [Dec 2, 2022] NJ Now Has A Learning Center Dedicated To Wrongful Convictions, Unidentified Remains