OH OH- Eileen Zarlenga, 29, store manager, abducted from apt., leaving behind her 3 yr. old, raped & stabbed (16X), Mahoning County, 26/1/88, *DNA*

[dotr]

Eileen Zarlenga, 29 - Google Search

2012

State to test DNA in ’88 abduction, rape and murder of Girard woman

By PETER H. MILLIKEN milliken@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A judge has ordered the state crime lab to

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''Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court has ordered the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to compare DNA from semen found on Eileen Zarlenga, who was fatally stabbed, against all known Ohio DNA profiles.

On Monday, the judge ordered BCI to take this step toward the possible identification and arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 26, 1988, abduction, rape and murder of Zarlenga, 29, who resided in a Patricia Drive townhouse in Girard.

Police believe Zarlenga, who was stabbed 16 times, was lured from her home by a person or people she knew while her 3-year-old daughter slept in her home. The family, who has hired a private investigator, said Zarlenga never would have left the child alone.
Zarlenga’s body was found four days later in a wooded area near Gladstone Road in Jackson Township, Mahoning County.''

2019

Reward offered in 1988 Girard murder case - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio

"GIRARD, Ohio- Authorities are asking the public to help them bring a 22-year-old murder case to a close.

Eileen Zarlenga, 29, was raped and murdered in 1988 after being lured from her home on Patricia Street in Girard by someone police believe she knew.'

''Zarlenga was last seen on January 25, 1988 and her body was found in a wooded area in Jackson Township five days later.''

 

[dotr]

Jan 30, 2024
Detective Terry Martin with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the Eileen Zarlinga, which keeps him up at night. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028 or you can email us at mahoningvalleycoldcase@gmail.com

Jan 31, 2024
Inspector Jim Ciotti with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the DNA evidence in the Eileen Zarlinga case. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028.

 

[momsof3]

This is crying out for genetic genealogy! They had sufficient DNA to test against databases in 2012 - no doubt this would have a high likelihood of success with Othram/Parabon, etc.

From the posted article from 2012 - "The state’s DNA database law took effect in 1996, initially to collect DNA only from violent felons. It was expanded in 2005 to collect it from anyone convicted of a felony and in 2011 to collect it from all adults arrested on felony charges. Now, the database contains 480,048 samples, according to a BCI spokeswoman."

Jan 30, 2024
Detective Terry Martin with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the Eileen Zarlinga, which keeps him up at night. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028 or you can email us at mahoningvalleycoldcase@gmail.com

Jan 31, 2024
Inspector Jim Ciotti with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the DNA evidence in the Eileen Zarlinga case. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

This is crying out for genetic genealogy! They had sufficient DNA to test against databases in 2012 - no doubt this would have a high likelihood of success with Othram/Parabon, etc.

From the posted article from 2012 - "The state’s DNA database law took effect in 1996, initially to collect DNA only from violent felons. It was expanded in 2005 to collect it from anyone convicted of a felony and in 2011 to collect it from all adults arrested on felony charges. Now, the database contains 480,048 samples, according to a BCI spokeswoman."

If you watch the video posted by dotr in the post directly preceding yours, they did not have success with genetic genealogy. The video gives further information on who is working on what at present. imo, this case will be solved in the relatively near future.

 

[dotr]

Nice video with Eileen's sister, but it gets very intense as the torture element is revealed. Very moving.

Feb 1, 2024
Rochelle Coandle is the sister of Eileen Zarlinga, who was murdered in 1988. She was last seen at her apartment in Girard, Ohio and later her body was found in North Jackson. The case is unsolved. If you have any information, you can reach detectives directly at 330-480-5028.

 

[Sems]

Jan 30, 2024
Detective Terry Martin with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the Eileen Zarlinga, which keeps him up at night. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028 or you can email us at mahoningvalleycoldcase@gmail.com

Jan 31, 2024
Inspector Jim Ciotti with the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office briefs us on the DNA evidence in the Eileen Zarlinga case. If you have any information, you can reach Detective Martin directly at 330-480-5028.

Very diligent work from detectives, they have done everything they could do and willing to do more to solve her case. They openly talk about it. Whereas, beverley jaye Potter mintz case, no one talking or updating.very strange

 

[dotr]

Very diligent work from detectives, they have done everything they could do and willing to do more to solve her case. They openly talk about it. Whereas, beverley jaye Potter mintz case, no one talking or updating.very strange

Cross-posting link to thread..

NC - NC - Beverly Jaye Potter Mintz, 23, Raped/throat slit in front of her 2yo, Leland, 23 Feb 1987

Wouldn't accept, to what does it refer? TIA To clarify my point: Her son might not accept or try hypnosis. I explained that in my last message.

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