Saginaw man pleads no contest in 2003 slaying
Jason Cabello, a 48-year-old Saginaw man, pleaded no contest to murdering Jeanette Wilton in 2003, a case solved using advances in DNA technology. Cabello faces up to life in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 1.
A Saginaw man faces up to life in prison after pleading no contest to a 2003 murder and sexual assault cold case. Jason Cabello pleaded no contest on April 20 to second-degree murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The case was solved using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing, which developed a DNA profile for a suspect. The Michigan State Police Third District Cold Case Team reopened the investigation in 2021, working with Western Michigan University's Cold Case program. Advances in DNA technology have helped police solve several Michigan murders recently, including the 1997 murder of Deborah Kennedy and the 1983 kidnapping and homicide of Sheri Jo Elliott.
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