GREENSBORO, N.C. -- DNA testing has positively identified remains of a mom and her young child found in a burned car in February.
Greensboro Police announced Tuesday, May 19, testing from a local certified lab confirmed the identities as 22-year-old Asia Brown and her two-year-old son Ashton Brown.
Earlier this month, detective Mike Matthews with Greensboro Police said it is possible the case could be a random crime.
"We haven't ruled out that this could be a, it could be a possible random act of violence, which makes the investigation harder and not as much information comes in because the victim does not know who the offender is," Det. Matthews said.
Investigators with the Greensboro Police Department are still looking for a suspect in the murder of Asia Brown and her son Ashton. City workers found them on February 23 in a burned car on a service road.
"You try not to take your work home, but this inevitably, you will take this home. It bothers you," Det. Matthews said.
2 Wants To Know learned Wednesday that the department has access to some of Asia's personal accounts. Search warrants show GPD has access to her Facebook page, Yahoo email account, iCloud and bank account.
"It's given us some leads, it's given us some additional people to talk to and we've learned more about our victims," Matthews said.
Det. Matthews said the department has not received much help from the community. Even though police asked for the public's help at a news conference two weeks ago, no one has called in news tips to Crime Stoppers.
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"We haven't had a lot of information come in and I don't really have an answer to why. It could be that you know sometimes people are reluctant, it could be that maybe there's not a lot of information out there," he said.
Det. Matthews said the department has spoken with Asia's friends, acquaintances, people she's had relationships with and the child's father. He said they're still following leads.
"We have not run out of leads in this case. There's still a lot of avenues that we're pursuing with this case. So it's nowhere close to being a cold case at this time," he said.
Police say Asia was last seen alive at the Autozone near Randleman Road, three days before she and her son were found dead. A $2,000 dollar reward is being offered for information through Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000. You can remain anonymous. You can also call Det. Matthews directly at 574-4030.
