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Marlene Warren answered her front door on a day in May 1990 to be greeted by a clown, who handed her flowers and balloons before shooting her, in front of her 21-year-old son, per AP News. The case went unsolved until 2017, when an improvement in DNA technology and evidence from the crime scene pointed police toward Warren's husband's second wife, Sheila Keen-Warren, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in early 2023.

Advances in DNA technology have helped crack some of the most notorious cold cases and capture monsters like the Golden State Killer - bringing justice to the families of victims.

Orange County officials announced this week that a pair of 30 year old homicide cases have been resolved using genetic technology.

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The case is one of many nationwide that have used new DNA testing and genetic searches to solve crimes.

The cold case murders of two Orange County women have been solved using genetic genealogy, investigators said. The cold cases of Shannon Rose Lloyd, 23, and...

The cold case murders of two Orange County women have been solved using genetic genealogy, investigators said. The cold cases of Shannon Rose Lloyd, 23, and...

California authorities have identified the suspect in two different cold case murders as a man who died by suicide more than 20 years ago.

"Justice does not have an expiration date," Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said.