Parabon Snapshot Reveal 2 Perpetrators Responsible in Tacoma Child Abduction Murders

By Laura Burgess

Local Police Reopen 30-year Old Cases with First Ever Use of Child Abduction Response Team in a Cold Case Investigation

Reston, Va. (Ammoland.com) – Today, police in Tacoma, Washington, disclosed to the public Parabon Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Reports for two male suspects believed to be individually responsible for the deaths of Michella Welch (age 12) and Jennifer Bastian (age 13), both abducted from Tacoma’s North End area in 1986, just four months apart. Investigators long believed one person committed both crimes because of their many similarities; however, recent DNA testing proved two individuals were separately involved, one in each case. Neither DNA profile has resulted in a match, so Snapshot DNA Phenotyping was used to predict the physical appearance of each suspect. With today’s announcement, Tacoma cold case investigators hope Snapshot descriptions of the two killers will help the public generate new leads in these investigations.

Both men are Caucasian, yet Snapshot trait predictions suggest they have notable phenotypic differences. For example, the suspect in the Bastian case is predicted to have blue or green eyes (> 81% confidence), whereas the …Read the Rest

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