The Brief
- The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) says they have cracked a 1994 cold case.
- Michael Ziegler, 52, has been arrested for the alleged murder of 20-year-old Tina Heins.
- Heins, who was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed, was stabbed more than two dozen times.
- Heins’ brother-in-law was originally convicted of her murder. He was released 11 years into his life sentence after new evidence was uncovered.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Florida man has been arrested in the 1994 cold case murder of a 20-year-old pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in her apartment, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).
Cold case cracked
The backstory:
On April 17, 1994, 20-year-old Tina Heins was brutally killed in her Mayport apartment, according to the JSO. Officers said she had been stabbed more than two dozen times.
Investigators also discovered that Heins was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed. Her husband was on duty at Naval Station Mayport during the time of the murder. …