Ohio Mysteries
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This case has a complete DNA profile on record, so here's hoping it gets solved one day!
On Friday night, March 29, 1991, 24-year-old Rachael Johnson was out doing Akron night clubs with her friend. At the end of the evening, she left in her friend's car to return home.
The car got a flat tire before they made it home. Police believe the killer may have had this planned and slashed the tire - especially because as the women pulled over to consider what to do about the tire, another car pulled up behind them.
Rachael insisted on leaving the car, saying she couldn't take the smell of burning rubber. The friend drove off once she made it clear she wasn't getting back into the car. It's unclear if Rachael got into the car that stopped behind them.
A few hours later, just after dawn, Rachael's body was discovered. She had been beaten, choked, stabbed, raped and then set on fire and left in the middle of the street.
A key suspect was a man named Daniel Wilson, who will be arrested, convicted and executed for the death of Carol Lutz, a woman he kidnapped from a bar in Elyria a month after Rachael's murder. He burned the woman alive in the trunk of her car.
However, Wilson's DNA did not match the DNA the police had on file, and he denied having anything to do with Rachael's death.
We've done a podcast episode on this case. It's called Ohio Mysteries, and direct links, photos and more can be found on our website at www.ohiomysteries.com. We also have an interview with Rachael's daughter, who was 2 when her mom was killed, and a woman who has been helping the daughter investigate this case over the past year.
They said they have been told by police that they are moving Rachael's case up the line for some DNA analysis.
On Friday night, March 29, 1991, 24-year-old Rachael Johnson was out doing Akron night clubs with her friend. At the end of the evening, she left in her friend's car to return home.
The car got a flat tire before they made it home. Police believe the killer may have had this planned and slashed the tire - especially because as the women pulled over to consider what to do about the tire, another car pulled up behind them.
Rachael insisted on leaving the car, saying she couldn't take the smell of burning rubber. The friend drove off once she made it clear she wasn't getting back into the car. It's unclear if Rachael got into the car that stopped behind them.
A few hours later, just after dawn, Rachael's body was discovered. She had been beaten, choked, stabbed, raped and then set on fire and left in the middle of the street.
A key suspect was a man named Daniel Wilson, who will be arrested, convicted and executed for the death of Carol Lutz, a woman he kidnapped from a bar in Elyria a month after Rachael's murder. He burned the woman alive in the trunk of her car.
However, Wilson's DNA did not match the DNA the police had on file, and he denied having anything to do with Rachael's death.
We've done a podcast episode on this case. It's called Ohio Mysteries, and direct links, photos and more can be found on our website at www.ohiomysteries.com. We also have an interview with Rachael's daughter, who was 2 when her mom was killed, and a woman who has been helping the daughter investigate this case over the past year.
They said they have been told by police that they are moving Rachael's case up the line for some DNA analysis.
