28-Year-Old Cold Case of Jenny Lin Warming Back Up with New Technology

            In May 1994, Castro Valley, California was rocked by the death of 14-year-old Jennifer Lin, who was found dead in her family home by her father after coming home from school. Police attempted to work the case and find the truth about what happened to Jenny, but for 28 years the case remained frozen.

            That is, according to Law & Crime, until a new forensic technological development came in 2020 that gave hope to find more information on what happened and by whose hands. Recently, the Almeda County Sherriff’s office has released that by using the new tool, which allowed them to extract new cells from objects that were in Jenny’s room to find new traces of DNA, they have been able to compile a new list of leads to help find the perpetrator.

            The original primary suspect of the case, a convicted murderer Sebastian Shaw, was ruled out recently as well with his death in an Oregon prison last year. According to ABC7 News, Shaw was serving 3 life sentences for the death of 3 people, and while in custody he admitted to the killing of more than 10 other people, along with raping a woman in 1995. Because no information was ever extracted from him on Jenny’s case, detectives are moving on to new leads.