The Jerene Matta Fortress Murder
This episode examines the unsolved 2013 murder of 62-year-old Jerene Matta, who was found dead inside her heavily monitored home in Yakima, Washington. Investigators determined that she had been tortured and bound during a robbery apparently intended to gain access to her bank accounts.
The perpetrators removed Matta’s surveillance equipment and set the house on fire, apparently attempting to destroy evidence. Police identified several potential suspects and recovered foreign DNA from the crime scene, but the profiles have not matched anyone in national databases.
Although the case is now…
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