In April, a 4-year-old girl told her parents she was sexually assaulted by Thomas Cochran, 43, a man who was babysitting her, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 26, 2008

A man arrested and charged with rape in two separate cases in Winter Haven was denied bail this morning at his first court appearance in Polk County. ...more

July 22, 2008

A DNA test has linked a 25-year-old man to two rapes that occurred in Winter Haven in June and February, police said. ...more

July 22, 2008

Unless he has another brush with the law and a DNA sample is taken from him, JonBenet Ramsey's killer might never be caught. ...more

July 11, 2008

Police shot to death a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people's attempts to stop him on a dark country road, authorities said. ...more

June 16, 2008

Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine whether it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. ...more

May 6, 2008

Clearwater police have identified a second suspect in connection to a Sept. 18 drug-related robbery in which a man was fatally shot in an apartment. ...more

January 5, 2008

In this season of holiday gift lists, it's time for the traditional column about what to buy the genealogist in your family or circle of friends. Here is my list of recommendations: ...more

December 2, 2007

Abraham Lincoln was the rarest of men, and John G. Sotos thinks that extended all the way to his chromosome 10. ...more

November 30, 2007