Randall Oyler, 65, is charged with killing a woman whose body was discovered in Scripps Ranch in 1990. DNA testing led to a break in the cold case.

The Wenatchee Police Department announced today it has closed a cold case homicide, 40 years after the crime was committed.

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The Hampden District Attorney’s office will collect voluntary DNA samples this weekend at the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast. The office will set-up a tent in front of the MassMutual Center, asking those walking past for a cheek swab. The collection is completely voluntary.

Thanks to forensic genetic genealogy testing, Wenatchee police have closed out a homicide investigation — forty years to the day.

Alabama’s forensic lab is clearing backlogs of untested rape kits and using advanced DNA technology to identify suspects, solving hundreds of cases and bringing closure to families.

DNA evidence identifies suspect in two New Jersey cold case murders from the 1990s, bringing closure to families after decades.