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Two Girls, Two Parks, Two Killers: Michella Welch & Jennifer Bastian | Tacoma, Washington
In 1986 the North and West End neighborhoods of Tacoma trusted their parks. That was, until two girls disappeared from public parks in Tacoma, Washington within a few miles and a few months of each other, both stories ending in tragedy. Twelve-year-old Michella Welch disappeared from Puget Park on a bright Wednesday afternoon in March. Thirteen-year-old Jennifer Bastian vanished from Point Defiance Park while riding her brand-new Schwinn bike that same year in August.
For nearly three decades, investigators believed the girls had been killed by the same man. The circumstances were too similar…
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