Authorities identified Carl Matthew Bryant as the boy who was found dead by another child in Virginia in 1972.

A 4-year-old boy who was killed more than 50 years ago has finally been identified thanks to genetic genealogy.

A 4-year-old boy who was found dead in Lorton, Virginia, more than 50 years ago, and whose name has remained a mystery, has finally been identified.

At the time his death was ruled a homicide due to blunt force trauma, but there were no leads on the case until now, police said.

Police used advanced DNA testing to identify a murdered Pennsylvania boy more than 50 years after his body was found in ...

Carl Bryant's remains were found in a creek decades ago. Genetic genealogy is helping detectives piece together his story.

Police believe Carl Matthew Bryant and a 6-month-old sibling were killed during trip from Philadelphia to Virginia.

The victim was identified as 4-year-old Carl Matthew Bryant born on May 26, 1968. On Monday at 1 p.m., FCPD held a news ...

Detectives believe his mother and her boyfriend, who had already served time for murder, were involved in the Carl's death.

The Fairfax Police Department announced it solved a 1972 cold case surrounding the death of a Carl Matthew Bryant, 4, using forensic genealogy ...

Long before DNA was used to solve crimes, the original detective on the case kept a sample of the child’s hair.

Hair saved in a case file and the latest DNA technology led Virginia police to the name of a 4-year-old boy found dead 53 ...