Cold case cops use DNA analysis to identify 'lady in the fridge' 27 YEARS after ... trends now
Cold case detectives have used DNA analysis to finally identify the 'lady in the fridge' nearly 30 years after her dead body was discovered submerged in a canal with her hands tied and mouth gagged.
The woman has now been named as Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza - whose body was stuffed in a refrigerator at Whiskey Slough, a marina and boat storage located in Holt, a community in San Joaquin County.
A man looking for recyclable cans made the gruesome discovery in March 1995. He saw a refrigerator in the water pulled it out and saw a woman's body wrapped in a blanket and a tarp. Detectives believed that her dead corpse had been in the refrigerator, undiscovered, for about six months.
At the time, a medical examiner determined that the woman was killed by blunt force trauma.
Deza - a mother of three - had no identification on her when she disappeared and no missing persons reports were ever filed. The case went cold for decades until detectives used DNA analysis combined with traditional genealogy research making a critical break in the case.
Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza had been murdered and her body had been stuffed in a refrigerator at Whiskey Slough, a marina and boat storage located in Holt, a community in San Joaquin County. Her identification was revealed on Thursday at a news briefing after 27 years
The 30-year-old California woman was a mother of three young children at the time she disappeared. Cold case detectives said they have very little information about her life and her activities for several years before her murder
On Thursday, the San Joaquin County announced that the mysterious 'lady in the fridge' identify was revealed. Sheriff Patrick Withrow said: 'I'd just like to take this time right now to give her her name back, to give her her story back.'
Lt. Linda Jimenez, who heads the Sheriff’s Office cold case unit and the Sheriff’s detective division, said the victim had been living in the Napa, Oakley and Delta areas.
But they have very little information about her life and her activities
