A suspect in the nearly 30-year-old murder case of 19-year-old Sarah Jo DeLeon has been identified, according to the Kansas City Kansas Police Department (KCKPD).
DeLeon’s body was found with severe head trauma and multiple stab wounds in December 1989—her car had been dumped just a few miles away.
At the time, no suspect was arrested or even named.
Now, the KCKPD said it has identified a woman as a suspect, linking her to at least two crimes spanning from 1987 to 1994, according to a press conference held over the recent Memorial Day weekend.
The suspect is also believed to be linked to a February 1987 abduction case. The KCKPD was led to a strange abduction case in an American Inn, not far from where DeLeon’s car had been retrieved. In January 1994, 26-year-old Diana Ault was found shot to death just 10 miles from the killing of DeLeon.
