Ashley Flowers

it's important to note that investigators have never provided any evidence showing that Wilfredo was inside Milagros' apartment that day.

But to be fair, based on the evidence they have, I don't think they can prove that anyone was in her apartment that morning.

I know they did collect some evidence from the crime scene.

Investigators found a palm print on the door.

They tested some evidence for DNA.

But Detective Holt said that the print analysis didn't lead to anything.

And the only DNA that they found belonged to Milagros.

So all we know today is that whatever evidence they have hasn't led to an arrest.

If you're a little unclear about what they do or don't have DNA-wise, it's because I am too.

Law enforcement is cagey in this case, like we see in so many ongoing investigations.

But if they did have foreign DNA, the one thing I can tell you is that it didn't come from a sexual assault kit.

And that's because, apparently, one was never performed on Milagros.

Why, you asked?

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.