AZ AZ - Loretta Lynn, 26, Mesa, 14 June 1988 *pregnant wife & mother killed 2nd day in new home*

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Mesa woman's cold case will be featured on ID channel series

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PHOENIX — A 35-year-old Arizona cold case will be featured on Investigation Discovery Wednesday.

“On The Case With Paula Zahn” will feature Loretta Lynn, a woman found dead in June 1988 in her Mesa home.

Lynn had only moved into the home the day before someone broke into the house and killed her.

Her husband, Allyn Lynn, placed a frantic call to the Mesa Police Department saying he had found the 26-year-old lying on their bedroom floor, covered in blood, according to a press release.

The most critical evidence at the crime scene was a palm print on a window, which investigators believe was left by her killer.

The episode “A Quest for Justice” will air at 7 p.m.

 

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Police still looking for person who broke in, killed Mesa woman in 1988

There are also a couple of suspicious vehicles noted in this case.

Van Galder says “Her husband saw a vehicle that was driving by the residence as he was pulling up. It was a light blue Nissan Pathfinder.”

Another person told police about a light-colored Chevrolet El Camino.

 

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Mesa Police in 2022 submitted a DNA sample for processing as that technology had advanced to where suspects’ surnames could be extracted. What new leads police received on the case with the lab’s report is unclear.

“Our investigators have chosen not to highlight specific details of the Loretta Lynn case at this time, as it remains an active investigation,” said Det. Richard Encinas, a Mesa Police Department spokesman, in an email last week.

Unsolved Mesa murders await a ‘silent witness’

The case has had law enforcement scratching its head for the past 37 years: Who murdered a pregnant Mesa woman while she was asleep in her home near Greenfield Road

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