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Yellow police tape sits balled on the grass.

Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped as a child from a park in Oakland, Calif., in 1951. Seven decades later, his niece took an online DNA test that led authorities to his home on the East Coast. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A boy snatched from a California park in 1951 is found living on the East Coast

Luis Armando Albino was lured away from a California park at the age of 6. He reunited with his biological family this summer after his niece found him through DNA testing and newspaper clippings.

Monday

Ruth Buchanan, who was fatally struck by a car in 1989

Ruth Buchanan had just left a department store in Charlotte, N.C., with a friend when she was fatally struck by a car in 1989. It was two days before New Year's Eve. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department hide caption

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She was struck by a car during the holidays in 1989. DNA just helped find the driver

Ruth Buchanan had just left a department store in Charlotte, N.C., with a friend when she was fatally struck by a car. After 30 years, DNA technology helped police identify the driver.

Sunday

3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister's Killer

Jody LeCornu (L) and her twin sister, Jennifer Carrieri, were inseparable. Courtesy of Jennifer Carrieri hide caption

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Courtesy of Jennifer Carrieri

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3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister's Killer

Jennifer Carrieri's twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.

3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister's Killer

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