06-28-2019, 06:49 PM
Guilty verdict today for Bill Tabott, age 56, in Everett WA for the 1987 murders of a young couple.
"They were found brutally murdered, their bodies dumped in Snohomish and Skagit counties. This was not just a sordid murder case.
This was the first time a suspect found using genetic genealogy has been put on trial.
After the Golden State Killer was nabbed last year, Washington state law officials saw an opportunity. They uploaded the DNA profile of the mysterious man, dubbed “Individual A,” into a genetic database.
Two second cousins popped up, a genetic genealogist perused his family tree, and within days, Bill Talbott of Monroe, Washington, became suspect number 1."
https://kuow.org/stories/verdict-is-in-b...OhpLN4k5NM
In depth story on the case:
https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-horrifi...amily-tree
"They were found brutally murdered, their bodies dumped in Snohomish and Skagit counties. This was not just a sordid murder case.
This was the first time a suspect found using genetic genealogy has been put on trial.
After the Golden State Killer was nabbed last year, Washington state law officials saw an opportunity. They uploaded the DNA profile of the mysterious man, dubbed “Individual A,” into a genetic database.
Two second cousins popped up, a genetic genealogist perused his family tree, and within days, Bill Talbott of Monroe, Washington, became suspect number 1."
https://kuow.org/stories/verdict-is-in-b...OhpLN4k5NM
In depth story on the case:
https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-horrifi...amily-tree