CULPEPER, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia State Police have made an arrest in connection to the 1998 cold case investigation into the murder of Sylena Jo Dalton.

On the morning of July 27, 1998, 20-year-old Sylena Dalton of Strasburg, Va. was found stabbed to death inside her Strasburg apartment according to police.

According to 8News previous coverage, at the time of Dalton's murder her then 13-week-old child, Allyson also went missing and had not been seen since.

In a Facebook post from State police in 2017 Commander of the VSP BCI of the Culpeper field office stated, "We do believe little Allyson was abducted by whoever murdered her mother. We are hopeful that someone will feel safe enough to come forward now, after all these years, and help bring a murderer and kidnapper to justice. Sylena a

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