sarah yarborough

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16 year old Sarah Yarborough was assaulted and murdered on the grounds of Federal Way High School in December of 1991.  Despite hundreds of leads and ample personnel assigned to her case, Sarah's case was not solved until just this last year, thanks to genetic genealogy.  

Sources

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarah-yarborough-murder-patrick-leon-nicholas-washington-state-in-prison-for-attacking-another-woman-released-early/
  
• CBS’ 48 Hours - Season 36 Episode 12 - The Hunt for Sarah Yarbrough’s Killer
  
• https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/nichols-found-guilty-1991-cold-case-murder-federal-way-teen-sarah-yarborough/5YNFOWKTOJHDBEBMJKJHY6NBME/
  
• https://identifinders.com/first-genetic-genealogy-leads-cold-case/
  
• https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/11/dna-evidence-links-murder-case-with-mayflower-era-family/
  
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084692/Sarah-Yarborough-murder-Could-DNA-linked-17th-century-Mayflower-family-solve-1991-case.html
  
• https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19921204&slug=1528262
  
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/i-feel-that-tip-is-out-there-drawing-created-from-dna-breathes-hope-into-unsolved-federal-way-killing/
  
• https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19940224&slug=1896993
  
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-announces-cold-case-arrest/281-7935be7f-03b3-4af4-9dc3-2f0ecdeefc92
  
• https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/they-had-never-given-up-arrest-made-in-cold-case-murder-of-federal-way-teen
  
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/awkward-twist-over-dna-link-in-teens-slaying/
  
• https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/former-classmates-teachers-remember-murdered-federal-way-teen/
  
• https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/covington-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-1991-murder-of-federal-way-girl/
  
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24483104/sarah-louise-yarborough