Woman Found Dead In Detroit in 2006 Finally ID'd Through Advanced DNA Testing, Believed to be Victim of Mich. Serial Killer
Darylnn Washington was identified as the Jane Doe discovered on the east side of Detroit in June 2006, through a partnership between the Detroit Police Department and Othram Inc., a Texas-based forensic genetic genealogy firm specializing in advanced DNA testing, the company shared in a press release .
Woman police suspect was murdered by Detroit serial killer identified 18 years later
Darylnn Washington was found dead on June 5, 2006, in a vacant building on Harding Street in Detroit. Police believe she had been dead for seven days before her body was found. She was unidentified for 18 years until DNA testing helped police identify her.
A woman found in an abandoned house almost 20 years ago has finally been identified. Police fear she was the victim of a serial killer
When Washington’s remains were first discovered at the abandoned house on the east side of Detroit, it was determined that she was a Black female between the ages of 20 and 30 years and that she was about five feet tall. But no other identifying characteristics could be determined.
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