DNA evidence used to make composite sketch in 2001 Orlando cold case homicide

Orlando police Chief John Mina announced Friday that exactly 15 years
after Franke's death, a new step had been made in the case using DNA phenotyping

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ORLANDO, Fla. - Thanks to new technology, the Orlando Police Department has used DNA evidence collected in 2001 to make a composite sketch of a man they believe to be a murderer.

On Oct. 21, 2001, Christine Franke was a 25-year-old University of Central Florida student working to complete a degree in education.

After a working a shift as a bartender and waitress at Cigarz Bar at Universal CityWalk, she drove home.

She was found the next day, dead in her Audubon Park apartment.

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OPD detectives have been working on the 15-year-old cold case since then, but have not been able to identify a suspect or make an arrest.

DNA evidence was collected at the scene of Franke's slaying, but it has never caused a hit in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System.

Orlando police Chief John Mina announced Friday that exactly 15 years after Franke's death, a new step had been made in the case using DNA phenotyping.

DNA phenotyping is the process of predicting physical appearance and ancestry from unidentified DNA evidence, Mina explained.