Ashley Flowers

Well, we asked Detective Holtz, and he couldn't tell us.

He said that he wasn't on the original investigation, so he doesn't know why they made those decisions.

So, without any solid suspect or any evidence connecting someone to the scene of this crime back in 1993, Milagros' case went cold fast.

And in the years that followed, much of her family left Bridgeport, including Wilfredo, her ex-husband.

He moved back to Puerto Rico around 1998, just like her boyfriend Edwin did.

Despite many of the remaining family members putting pressure on police, nothing seemed to be happening.

Until, out of the blue, investigators received a new lead in the form of a letter.

Detective Holtz wouldn't name the woman who wrote the letter or the upstairs neighbor who supposedly confessed to the killing.

He would only tell us that the prior investigators did go to the prison in Massachusetts to talk to said neighbor.

And...

I guess nothing came of it.

But it's hard to say for sure because Detective Holtz hasn't been able to locate any documentation about the interview that took place.

Detective Holtz noted one strange thing about the neighbor, though.

A detail that was equal parts surprising and disturbing.

That woman is out of prison now.

And while Detective Holtz has not been in touch with her yet... It's something that we're still looking into.

Our reporter Laura Frader looked at that too, and she actually tracked this neighbor down.

The neighbor said that she didn't know who Milagros was and said repeatedly that she'd never met her.

But she did confirm that police questioned her about Milagros' death while she was incarcerated.

When Laura questioned her about her supposed confession, she point blank denied it.