The family of 57-year-old Judy Lynn Rush had sought an order from a judge after a medical examiner determined that Rush could not have survived losing the volume of blood that was found Aug. 22 in her apartment. Rush's body has not been found.
An Anoka County judge ruled Monday that Rush couldn't be alive.
The judge's ruling has offered a hint of closure for Rush's family. But her sister, Melissa Cuddeback, said the family still hopes police will find who killed Rush.

