FARMINGTON – Farmington police have reopened their investigation into the 1992 killing of a woman in hopes that advances in forensic sciences and the possibility of receiving new information from the public can crack the case.
Police say Carla Helmer hadn’t gone to work for three days before she was found fatally stabbed in her home on Oct. 28, 1992.
According to police, evidence suggested Helmer knew her attacker and indicated she tried to fight off the attacker.
Police say people of interest were identified early on in the original investigation but that the case went cold after a few years and hasn’t been solved after several additional reviews over the years.
Police say investigators are reviewing what evidentiary items can be re-examined.
