Lillian Decloe

DNA: ID

AbJack Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Episode 132 Lillian Decloe

There’s a certain level of outrage that arises from the senseless murder of a senior citizen – 89 year old Lillian Decloe had paid her dues in life and deserved a peaceful retirement in her own home. But in April 1994, someone broke into that home and ended her life in a violent and brutal fashion. Dignified and gracious Lillian was raped, robbed and strangled by persons unknown. Pompano Beach police worked her case, but soon it went the way of so many others, and sat in a box on a shelf. But in that box was Lillian’s sexual assault kit – and the key to finding her killer. This is not a genealogy case, but a familial DNA searching case. Through this underutilized and often misunderstood method, Lillian’s killer was identified by his own son.

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0:00.0	You're listening to DNAID.
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0:05.3	Be sure to check out some of the other great true crime podcasts from this network,
0:09.7	including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Scene of the Crime, Zodiac Speaking,
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0:27.4	Subscribe where you're listening to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. The
0:40.3	The The
0:57.0	The It was 1994. Around 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23rd, June, Nicholas, pulled up outside the
1:30.3	Pompano Beach, Florida home of her elderly aunt, Lillian. Lillian lived alone in a small two-bedroom
1:36.1	house, and June took care of her and often dropped off food. That's what she was doing today.
1:41.2	She parked her car and got the bags out of the back and walked up to the small home,
1:44.9	getting her key out of her pocket to open the door. She didn't need it. Climbing the stairs to the porch,
1:51.1	June noticed right away that the front door was slightly ajar, and the screen door unlocked.
1:56.2	She cautiously pushed the door open, peering inside and calling, Auntie, where are you? The house was quiet. June put down the food and stepped into the bedroom
2:03.9	where she knew her aunt slept. Perhaps she was taking a nap. She wasn't. Lillian lay on her bedroom floor,
2:10.5	face up. Her nightgown was pulled up to her chest and she wore no underwear. Blood stained her
2:15.3	head and face. June called the police immediately,
2:18.9	although I don't know if she used an extension of the house phone or a neighbor's phone. Then she
2:23.7	waited outside. Pompano Beach Police Department Officer John Gill was dispatched on a sick person
2:30.0	call to Lillian's house at 5.41 p.m. He arrived at the home located at 1550 Northwest 7th Avenue
2:37.9	at 546. When he arrived, he met fire and rescue personnel Miguel Ruiz and Nathaniel Roy. They and June
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