In 1986, in separate incidents within a few miles of each other and over four months apart, 12-year-old Michella Welch and 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian disappear in broad daylight. Are these cases connected? 

Sources:

Find a Grave – Michella Welch 

Dateline podcast “Evil was Watching” May 2022

Point Defiance Park - Wikipedia

Find a Grave – Jenny Bastian

Lindsey Wade – writer (detective)

Joseph DeAngelo on Wikipedia

King5 News article about Jennifer & Michella’s Law

KOMO News article “'I'm so sorry,' Gary Hartman apologizes after conviction in 1986 death of Michella Welch” by Keith Eldridge and Danny Stritch March 22, 2022

Law & Crime

The Cinemaholic

Theresa Bastian – writer (Jenny’s sister) 

Lindsey Wade’s book In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares by Lindsey Wade

Music: "Flowing Rivers" by Immersive Music  and “Caves of Dawn” by Guilherme Bernardes William

Music: “Flowing Rivers” by Immersive Music
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