She Went to a Store and Vanished. It Took 30 Years to Uncover the Unexpected Truth

Cold case murder solved by DNA: 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman vanished after a store trip, while her killer stayed off police radar for decades. In July 1985, Kristy Wesselman left her home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, for a quick trip to a nearby store. She never made it home. What followed was a murder investigation filled with dead ends, possible suspects, preserved forensic evidence, and years without an answer. Even as detectives revisited the case, the man responsible for Kristy’s murder had never been part of the original investigation. Then a DNA database match changed everything. This true crime documentary follows the Kristy Wesselman cold case from her disappearance and the discovery of her body to the investigation, the suspects police examined, the DNA evidence that remained for years, and the eventual identification of Michael Jones. The case would also reveal Jones’s violent criminal history and raise painful questions about how different events might have been if earlier decisions had gone another way. Watch to see how one of DuPage County’s longest-running murder mysteries was finally solved. If you enjoy cold case documentaries, unsolved murder cases, DNA breakthroughs, forensic investigations, and true crime stories, subscribe, like the video, and share it with another true crime viewer. #TrueCrime #ColdCase #KristyWesselman #DNASolved #UnsolvedMurder #ColdCaseSolved #TrueCrimeDocumentary #ForensicDNA #MurderMystery #IllinoisTrueCrime