MI- Jeanette Wilton, 57, SA, bludgeoned, multiple stab wounds, strangled, body found in the Flint River, 22/2/03, Dna, arrest- Jason Cabello, 47.

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Saginaw County cold case murder suspect back in court, hires new attorney

The Manley & Manley Law Firm is now representing Jason Cabello.

www.abc12.com

• Terry Camp Dec 17, 2024

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• SAGINAW, MI. (WJRT) - The man accused of raping and killing a woman more than 21 years ago was back in court today.
  Jason Cabello was arrested a week ago in the cold case homicide of Jeanette Wilton.
  Her body was found in the Flint River in February of 2003.''
• She was 57 years old when her body was discovered in the Flint River in late February of 2003.
  She had been stabbed and sexually assaulted.
  ''The arrest of Cabello, who was married to Wilton's niece at the time of the crime, surprised many in the Saginaw area. Cabello is a long time Saginaw city employee.''
• Dec 10 2024
• https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/decades-after-womans-body-found-in-flint-river-man-charged/
  
• "What jumps out to me is there is an allegation there is DNA. How did it get there, when did it get there, under what circumstances did it get there, and if its a match," he says.''Jeanette Wilton was found dead in the Flint River on Feb. 22, 2003, according to a release from the Michigan Department of Attorney General. An autopsy showed that the 57-year-old woman died of strangulation and multiple stab wounds to the neck, authorities say. She also sustained blunt force trauma to her head and face, the release says, and injuries that occurred after her death.
  The case went cold, but in 2021, the Michigan State Police Third District Cold Case Team reopened the investigation, hoping to benefit from advancements in DNA testing.''

 

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Dec 10, 2024
Jeanette Wilton was found murdered more than twenty years ago

 

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Aug 1 2025, rbbm.

Saginaw man to stand trial on 2003 cold case sexual assault and murder

Jason Cabello will stand trial on murder and criminal sexual conduct charges for the 2003 death of 57-year-old Jeanette Wilton.

www.abc12.com

''Court documents show 47-year-old Jason Cabello was bound over to trial in Saginaw County Circuit Court on Friday for the February 2003 murder and sexual assault of Jeanette Wilton.

He is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct, both of which carry a potential life sentence in prison if he is convicted.'

'Cabello, who had been in a previous relationship with one of Wilton's relatives, was linked to the DNA samples. '

May 6, 2025
Jason Cabello has been found competent to stand trial

 

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Jeanette Wilton's 2003 Assault & Murder is Solved

Michigan State Police Teams with Othram to Identify the Suspect in the 2003 Murder & Assault of Jeanette Wilton

dnasolves.com

''In February of 2003, 57-year-old Jeanette Wilton, a resident of Saginaw, Michigan, was brutally murdered. On February 22, Wilton was found dead in the Flint River near her home. An autopsy concluded Wilton died of strangulation and multiple stab wounds to the neck. Wilton also sustained blunt force trauma to the head and face, contusions, and postmortem abrasions.

The Michigan State Police (MSP) Third District Cold Case Team reopened the case in 2021, nearly 20 years after Wilton’s death. MSP investigators worked to submit forensic evidence to Othram in hopes that Wilton’s killer could be identified using identity inference, a process that enables investigators to identify individuals from DNA evidence, even when there is no known reference sample to initially compare against.

In June of 2022, forensic evidence arrived at Othram's laboratory headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. At Othram, scientists successfully extracted DNA from the provided evidence which was used in Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing® to build a comprehensive SNP profile for the unknown suspect. This SNP profile powered a forensic search led by Othram’s in-house forensic genetic genealogy team.

A follow-up investigation led investigators to identify the suspect as 48-year-old Saginaw resident, Jason Robert Cabello. Cabello had previously been in a relationship with a relative of Wilton, but was not otherwise known to be associated with her.

Cabello was arrested in late 2024, and on April 20, 2026 he pleaded no contest to one count of Second-Degree Murder and one count of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. He will be sentenced on June 1, 2026''.