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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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
"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.''