Iowa 1979 Cold Case Solved — Arrest Shocks Community

For 39 years, the murder of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko remained one of Cedar Rapids, Iowa's most haunting unsolved cold cases. What began as a teenage girl's plan to surprise her mother with a paid-off Christmas coat spiraled into 29 stab wounds, a killer who walked free for four decades, an innocent ex-boyfriend wrongly suspected for 26 years, and a DNA profile sitting unread in an evidence locker — waiting for someone stubborn enough to find it. In this true crime documentary, we break down the murder, the investigation, the blood on a black dress that sat untested for 26 years, and the forensic genealogy breakthrough and a discarded plastic straw that finally put Jerry Lynn Burns in a courtroom — 39 years to the day after he killed her. All information used in this video comes from open sources and was compiled through hours of research. WELCOME To Tirah True Crime!! If Any Of These Topics Interests You, Please Consider SUBSCRIBING Keywords: Michelle Martinko murder, Michelle Martinko cold case, Jerry Burns Cedar Rapids, Westdale Mall murder 1979, Cedar Rapids Iowa cold case, forensic genetic genealogy, Parabon NanoLabs cold case, GEDmatch cold case solved, straw DNA evidence, cold case DNA breakthrough, cold case solved 2020, unsolved murder finally solved, 39 year old cold case solved, DNA solves cold case, murder solved after decades, Andy Seidel wrongly suspected, Detective Matt Denlinger, Iowa cold case murder, true crime cold case documentary, cold case DNA solved, true crime documentary murder, murder mystery solved, real cold cases solved, most disturbing cold cases, cold case files #truecrimestories #coldcase #truecrimedocumentary #coldcasesolved #forensicgenealogy #unsolvedmysteries #crimestories #dnaevidence #dnasolved #MichelleMartinko #justiceforvictims