Megan Drumhiller, a 31-year-old Michigan woman, had just returned home from a three-week vacation with her family when she was found dead on January 28, 2022.
More than two years later, the case of her murder has made little progress, and Drumhiller’s parents are offering a $100,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.
“Megan was very open with us. We have access to everything — passwords, his medical records, his credit card statements, his phone, his phone records,” his mother, Lynette Drumhiller, told Fox News Digital. “[Authorities] have so much in 24 hours. I was very naive.… I really believed there would be an arrest in a few days.”
The family is still waiting for vital items collected from the crime scene at Drumhiller’s Carrollton Township home to be processed for any DNA evidence.
The 31-year-old died of asphyxiation, a family spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
Drumhiller’s parents believe her killer or suspected killers can walk free among the public.
The case has presented one issue after another.
First, the Carrollton Township Police Department and Michigan State Police, which took over the investigation hours after first responders arrived, failed to interview all possible witnesses and view all possible live camera evidence after Drumhiller was found dead, her parents said.
Megan Drumhiller, 31, was found dead in her home in Michigan on January 28, 2022. Facebook/Lynette Drumhiller Drumhiller died of asphyxiation, according to a family spokesperson. Facebook/Lynette Drumhiller
Later, the lead detective on the case apparently worked remotely “for four or five months” after the case due to COVID-19, rarely visiting the scene in person, the family said.
At one point, police called Drumhillers for mistakenly reporting the DNA of a second woman found at the scene.
“There were misdiagnoses made along the way, and there was a period where they told us there was unknown female DNA at the scene,” Tim Drumhiller said. “And it was such a big event that we got a call from the detectives, we got a call from everybody involved, and they told us it looked like another woman was involved in this crime. … And we were shocked.”
Later, a detective called and apologized to the family, telling them that the DNA was not actually that of the second woman but that of Drumhiller, who had not been immediately identified.
Michigan State Police claim that there was no “mishandling of evidence” in the cae. Facebook/Megan L. Drumhiller Memorial Dance Scholarship
The Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office is currently the lead agency in the case.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Carrollton Township Police Department and the sheriff’s office for comment.
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The Michigan State Police (MSP) said the “Crime Lab and its detectives were asked to assist the Carrollton Township Police with the Drumhiller homicide investigation,” and that the agency was “confident there was no evidence tampering.”
The Drumhillers’ biggest concern is finding out what happened to their daughter, but another concern is their belief that the families of other homicide victims may have similar difficulties solving cases.
Drumhiller’s family is offering a $100,000 reward for any information that could lead to an arrest in the case. Facebook/Lynette Drumhiller
“This kind of thing happens on a national level,” said Tim Drumhiller, noting that the US homicide clearance rate is at less than 50%, according to the FBI. “But frankly, when it happens to you, that’s all you care about. … At times, it felt like the deck was specifically stacked against us.”
Lynette Drumhiller said it felt like she was “nagging or harassing” authorities at times.
“But this is our daughter,” he said.
Drumhiller’s family is still waiting for certain items from the crime scene to be processed for DNA evidence.
Drumhiller was a light-hearted, quirky, intelligent woman who loved to dance and write, her parents previously told Fox News Digital.
He was working in retail at the time of his death and lived in a relatively rural area in a neighborhood with many families.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office Hotline at 989-790-5423 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL.
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