Nearly 40 years after a young mother was beaten to death in her home, Florida police said a single phone call led them to a new suspect.
Melisa Ellison, 20, was found dead from blunt force trauma in her Jacksonville, Florida, home on December 28, 1987. Ellison’s roommates told investigators they checked on her after discovering her toddler crying in the living room. Police launched an investigation, but the case went cold.
