Authorities in California have recognized the stays of a girl found inside an deserted fridge practically 30 years in the past, and at the moment are asking the general public for assist discovering her killer within the chilly case. 

Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza was 30 years previous in March 1995 when scavengers discovered her physique inside a fridge submerged in a canal in Holt, California, a distant group simply over an hour east of the San Francisco Bay Space, in line with Lieutenant Linda Jimenez, a detective on the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Workplace. 

Investigators mentioned they believed Deza’s physique had been saved within the fridge for not less than six months, putting the time of her disappearance and loss of life someday in 1994.

Medical experts concluded that Deza died from blunt power trauma, Jimenez mentioned.

The chilly case had been dubbed “the woman within the fridge,” Jimenez mentioned. 

Investigators shared this undated photo of Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza at a press conference last week.

New expertise helped ID Deza

“We’ve recognized her by way of trendy expertise as is occurring all around the state within the nation now,” San Joaquin Sheriff Patrick Withrow mentioned at a press convention final week. 

The workplace labored with Othram Inc., a forensic family tree firm that helps clear up chilly instances, which in 2022 produced a lead for investigators. Authorities then obtained DNA samples from Deza’s mom and daughter, Othram mentioned in a submit on its website. The DNA was a match. 

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