After nearly four decades, the Davie Police Department said they have solved the 1987 murder of 28-year-old Marilyn Decker, identifying the suspect through advanced DNA analysis and genetic genealogy.

Decker’s body was found floating in a canal near the 3000 block of Flamingo Road on Oct. 3, 1987, with multiple stab wounds.

The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death a homicide caused by asphyxiation. Despite multiple suspects and years of investigation, the case went cold in the 1990s.

In 2021, Davie Police’s Cold Case Unit reopened the investigation, reexamined evidence, and partnered with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Astrea Forensics in California, and Parabon NanoLabs.

Using DNA extracted from hairs recovered from the scene, Chief Genealogist CeCe Moo

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