1995

Jennifer Evans, 21, was abducted from a Virginia Beach nightclub, raped and murdered by two men in June 1995, leading to contested convictions.

In 1995, 17-year-old Birgitte Tengs was found raped and brutally murdered on the Norwegian island of Karmøy. Nearly three decades later, advances in DNA technology promised answers—but instead exposed systemic flaws in how genetic evidence is interpreted by courts.