Fourteen-year-old Sabrina Matthews was found murdered in her bedroom in Cambria Heights, Queens, on November 9, 2008. Her father discovered her with multiple stab wounds and a slashed throat. The initial investigation produced few leads and the case went cold, leaving the family and neighborhood unsettled.

Years later, a DNA sample taken during an unrelated Pennsylvania sexual assault investigation matched evidence from Sabrina’s bedroom. The match identified then-16-year-old Rashon Venable, who had been living in Queens Village at the time of the killing. Venable was arrested, later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February 2018, and received a sentence of 19 years to life.

Does anyone have memories of Sabrina or information from that time in Cambria Heights that could add context to the case?