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Two young girls disappeared a few months apart in Tacoma, Washington in 1986. Both girls were found deceased in local parks with signs of sexual trauma. For more than 30 years, no one was arrested. Listen in while Emily and Alisha discuss the magical world of DNA today and how it helped solve these crimes and unleash a massive twist in the cold case that rocked this small city.

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Sources

Dateline Mystery - Evil Was Watching | Journal Start - Robert Washburn who is Accused of Killing a Teen 30 years ago | KING 5 - Man Pleads Guilty  | KING 5 - Tacoma Police Charge Suspect in 1986 Cold Case | KING 5 -   Family of Murdered Tacoma Girl faces Alleged Killer in Court | KING 5 - Murdered Tacoma Girl's Mother Testified in Olympia | KING 5 - Jennifer and Michella's Law Signed | You Tube - How the Brutal Killing of a Teen Girl in Tacoma Devastated Friends, Families | KING 5 - Suspect Charged in 1986 Murder of Tacoma Girl | Snapshot Parabon Nanolabs- Michella Welch Murder | The News Tribune - The man who killed Jennifer Bastian | The News Tribune - Justice for Child | Murderpedia - David Lee Fisher | Unsolved Mysteries Fandom- Laura Burbank | Seattle Times - Killer's Family Knew Nothing | Monsters and Critics - Murder of Cynthia Allinger | The News Tribune - The Doubled Edged Sword of DNA | Kitsap Sun - Unsolved Murders