After nearly 20 years, the remains of a woman found in an abandoned Detroit house have been identified as Darylnn Washington. Authorities believe she was a victim of serial killer Shelly Brooks, who was convicted in two deaths and sentenced to life in prison.
The remains of a woman found in an abandoned Detroit house have been identified nearly 20 years later as Darylnn Washington, the likely victim of a serial killer who was blamed for at least seven deaths, authorities said Tuesday. The woman, known since 2006 only as Jane Doe, was identified thanks to advanced DNA testing. Washington’s family was notified. No other details about the high-tech effort were immediately released.
In 2006, Shelly Brooks was charged with killing seven women whom he had paid for sex. Some victims had been found years earlier. He was taken to trial in two deaths, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The other cases were no longer pursued in court after Brooks’ lifetime imprisonment was assured, said Maria Miller of the Wayne County prosecutor’s office. “All their bodies were found in remote locations in Detroit: an abandoned apartment building, a vacant garage, an alley, a vacant field, and a vacant house,” the Michigan Court of Appeals said in a summary in 2008
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