Barrie Police say they have two male suspects in the 1994 murder of Katherine Janeiro.
Investigators say both suspects still live in Simcoe County and have been watched by police for the past four years.
However, police won’t say where or if the two men acted together to kill Katherine Janeiro.
“I know his identity, we have been keeping close tabs on the suspect,” said Detective Bob Gravel. “I feel confident that we’re very close.”
At a press conference Thursday, Janeiro’s daughter Dawn said she still feels the loss.
“I stand alone holding onto the hope that there will be justice in my mother’s case,” said Dawn Nelson, who was only two years and a half years old when her mother was killed. “I hope to one day have closure in what has caused me so much pain.”
On October 10,1994 Katherine Janeiro was murdered in her basement apartment located at 258 Dunlop Street West.
Janeiro was stabbed multiple times and was found dead in her apartment by friends.
Barrie police began the investigation into Janeiro’s murder but the case was turned over to the OPP in 1999.
After an extensive investigation that didn't lead to any arrests, the OPP turned the case back over to Barrie Police in 2012.
Police say they’ve collected hundreds of pieces of evidence and have taken hundreds of witness statements.
Investigators are currently working closely with the Center of Forensic Science to re-examining some of the existing evidence.
Police are hoping scientific advancements in forensic analysis will help lead to an arrest.
Experts in the fields of DNA analysis and DNA mixtures from Canada and the United States are assisting with the investigation.
Police believe there are people who are holding back key pieces of information out of fear and have also issued a $50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
