A woman discovered in an abandoned house nearly two decades ago has finally been identified. Police suspect she was the victim of a serial killer

A woman whose remains were discovered in a Michigan home nearly two decades ago has been identified, and police suspect she is the victim of a serial killer.

Darylnn Washington died just days before her remains were discovered in June 1996, but authorities were unable to identify her.

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Her information was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and a forensic composite of what she might have looked like was made available to the public in the hopes that someone would recognize her.

However, her case went cold, and her identity remains unknown. Until now.

In a January 6 news release, authorities stated that the woman was identified as Washington through DNA testing after the Detroit Police Department contacted Othram, a forensic genetic genealogy company, in 2022. The company specializes in advanced DNA technology.

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When Washington’s remains were discovered in an abandoned house on Detroit’s east side, it was determined that she was a Black female aged 20 to 30 who stood about five feet tall. However, no other distinguishing characteristics could be determined.

Washington’s death was ruled a homicide, and authorities believe she was the victim of Detroit serial killer Shelly Brooks, who allegedly confessed to the crime, according to the release.

When her remains were identified, Washington’s family, who was born on June 15, 1959, was notified.

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Investigators discovered that her family believed she had been murdered by a serial killer, but her remains were never found.

Brooks was charged in 2006 with killing seven women for whom he had paid for sex, according to the Associated Press.

“All of their bodies were found in remote locations in Detroit: an abandoned apartment building, a vacant garage, an alley, a vacant field, and a vacant house,” the Michigan Court of Appeals stated in a summary in 2008.

He was tried for two of the murders, found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison, according to court records.

According to Maria Miller of the Wayne County prosecutor’s office, the other cases were dropped from court after Brooks was sentenced to life in prison.

Brooks, 55, is currently serving time at the Kinross Correctional Facility in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to records.

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