A decades-old murder case has taken a major turn as a man in California has been charged with killing his ex-wife, whose remains were found hidden in a crawlspace years after her disappearance. Authorities believe advanced DNA technology played a key role in solving the case, which remains unsolved for nearly two decades since her vanishing. The discovery of her body in 2020 marked a critical step in the investigation, leading to recent charges against the suspect. The case highlights how modern forensic methods can resurrect cold cases long after the fact.
Authorities discovered a body hidden in a home’s crawlspace in 2020, 13 years after Jill Maiorca disappearedA man was recently charged in California with the killing of his ex-wife six years after her remains were discovered in a crawlspace beneath a home – and about two decades after when she went missing, according to investigators.Jeff Maiorca, 53, faces a charge of murder in the death of Jill Maiorca, who was 29 when she was killed, authorities said in discussing what could be one of the latest cases in the US to be solved with modern DNA techniques. Continue reading...
