Nearly four decades after a woman was brutally murdered and had her body dumped in a Davie canal, police believe they've identified her killer and solved the cold case.

On the morning of Oct. 22, 1987, someone spotted Marilyn Decker's body in a canal on the 3000 block of Flamingo Road.

The 28-year-old had been stabbed multiple times and the Broward Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by asphyxiation.

Detectives investigated and identified multiple suspects but the case went unsolved until Davie Police and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement continued their investigation in 1995.

But the case stayed cold until 2021 when it was reopened and detectives interviewed possible suspects and contacted family members.

Decker's case was even featured on a Broward Crime Sto

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