Cold case breakthrough: suspect identified in Columbus 1980 murder of woman and 2-year-old

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — After over 45 years of uncertainty, the families of Lynn Vest and her 2-year-old nephew, Jeremy Pickens, finally have answers.

The pair disappeared in November 1980 after going out to run errands, last seen at Hamilton and Main in Whitehall, and were found dead in the trunk of Vest’s car, four miles away at Kelton and Main Streets. The father of Vest, a CPD robbery detective at the time, had reported them missing…

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