On October 27th, 1989, Fifth-grader Amy Mihaljevic went to Bay Village Middle School on Friday wearing green pants, a lavender, and a green sweatshirt, and carrying a denim and red backpack.

Her body was discovered 106 days later in Ashland County and her death was ruled a homicide. Her case is the one I am the most passionate about because she was abducted about 3 miles from where I lived.

33+ years later the case is unsolved but there was a case this week that gives us hope. Cobb County police say DNA forensic testing has solved the 51-year-old cold case of the rape and murder of a Marietta third-grade girl.

On Jan. 13, 1972, police say 9-year-old Debbie Lynn Randall was abducted while she was walking home from a nearby laundromat in Marietta, raped, and murdered. Officials say for more than 50 years the case has haunted investigators, and detectives have investigated hundreds of leads to no avail, leaving the case cold.

Now detectives say genetic genealogy has provided some answers about who left the Randall family without their little girl.

We are thrilled when we see cases like Debbie-Lynn get solved because it means there is a chance Amy Mihaljevic's case can still be solved.

Sources:

https://youtu.be/_KBp2AWyFRw?si=r97GA91pcMrM9Vl2

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marietta-debbie-lynn-randall-murder-cold-case-breakthrough

https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-seeking-information-in-amy-mihaljevic-murder/view

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