The mother of one of the murdered Delphi girls told NewsCenter 16 that there is no connection to the man arrested for a 1988 Fort Wayne murder, but there is hope.

John Miller was arrested in Fort Wayne in connection to the

.

DNA technology brought police to Miller as the man they wanted.

Now, many are hoping the same technology can bring a similar end to the

, whose bodies were found near the Monon High Bridge in February of 2017.

Wednesday, Abby's mother, Anna, told NewsCenter 16's Maureen McFadden that while the "cases are not connected," there is hope that something similar will lead to finding Abby and Libby's killer.

Sheriff Tobe Leazenby told Maureen that DNA gives police another tool in their toolbox toward solving the crime.

Like Anna, Leazenby said they are looking at the broader picture and hope that the same science used in the Fort Wayne case could hold the answer for the Delphi murders.