Detectives searched for a Mill Creek killer for 47 years. Genealogy and genetics led to a breakthrough.
It started when he was a passenger in Lynnwood. It ended when he allegedly crashed the taxi in Seattle.
William Talbott of SeaTac was arraigned Tuesday in Snohomish County Superior Court.
The suspect’s former friends have filled in some of the missing pieces for police.
Genetic material was used to find and arrest a suspect in the 30-year-old killings.
Tony Reed testified that he helped defendant John Reed hide the bodies of a slain Oso couple.
DNA and ancestry research led investigators to a 55-year-old SeaTac man.
