The Fairfax County Police Department announced a major breakthrough Monday in a cold case from 1972. Police ...

LORTON, Va. — A mystery that haunted Fairfax County investigators for more than half a century has finally been solved.

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Police have confirmed the identity of a 5-year-old child whose body was discovered in Massey Creek under the Old Colchester ...

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

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.

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

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 ...