New DNA Evidence Used to Solve 2 Cold Cases from 1986

12-year-old Michella Welch and 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian were both murdered in the Tacoma, Washington area. After 30 years, their cold cases were solved.

Michella Welch (Image courtesy of the Tacoma Police Department)

On March 26, 1986, 12-year-old Michella Welch was babysitting her two younger sisters in Tacoma, Washington…