BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office is partnering with a private DNA laboratory to solve the 15-year-old murder of Juanita Francisco, a beloved baker who was killed in her own shop on Union Avenue in 2010.

Francisco was more than a business owner – she was known for her kindness and generosity in a rough area on South Union Avenue. Two days before Thanksgiving in 2010, she was brutally murdered while working alone. Fifteen years later, her children are still waiting for justice.

"She always saw the good in people. She was someone who was always willing to help you out if you needed help, and that's who she was to the world," her son Eddie said in a short documentary created by the Kern County Sheriff's Office about the case.

The Sheriff's Office is working with

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