Tina Slaughter murdered 1985

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – Minneapolis police investigators have found new DNA evidence in the 1985 cold case murder of Tina Slaughter. A single mother of two young boys, she was stabbed multiple times by an apparent burglar at her home on the 1700 block of Fremont Avenue N. on 11 July 1985.

Slaughter was able to get out of her apartment and ask a neighbor for help, but later died from her injuries at the hospital. The case has been unsolved for decades, but it caught the eye of Sgt. Chris Karakostas, who works with the FBI on cold cases.

“These are victims,” Karakostas said, a cold case detective with Minneapolis Police Department. “They’re as important now as the day they were murdered.”

They were able to re-test an item collected from the crime scene, and found unknown DNA.

“It could very well be the person that did this, because whoever that DNA comes back to, they’re going to have to explain why it’s there,” Karakostas said.

Investigators have located a few of the people who were in the apartment that night, but they haven’t been cooperative. Police believe that over the last 30+ years, the killer would have talked to someone about that night.

“I think the older we’re getting, it seems worse because we’re not going to be here much long,” Slaughter’s mother, Pat, said. “And I’d like to see someone held responsible for what happened to her.”

Tina Slaughter [Vittini Doreen Slaughter] was a single mother of two young boys Duane 7 and Marcellus 4, she loved to talk on the phone and spend time with friends and family. On 11 July 1985, Tina was stabbed multiple times by an apparent burglar at her home on the 1700 block of Fremont Ave North. She was able to flee her apartment and go to the neighbors door and ask for help. The neighbor immediately called 911, Tina later died from her injuries at the hospital. The case has been cold for decades, but advancements in technology have helped investigators find new DNA. They need your help finding who the DNA belongs to. If you have ANY information about Tina’s death, please contact MPD Tip Line at 612-692-TIPS (8477). You can also submit a tip through Crimestoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or texting “Tip747 plus your tip” to 274637.

Her family deserves answers.

To add insult one of Slaughters sons was shot and killed on 10 July 2001. Noble watts shot Duane Slaughter in the head after they were fighting over a gun. Watts claimed some sort if conspiracy theory between Duane and another guy.

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