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Extensive DNA forensic genealogy testing has helped to identify Bones 17, thought to be a victim of the Green River Killer, whose remains were found in 1985 in Auburn.

The remains were identified as Lori Anne Razpotnik who went missing in 1982 when she was just 15 years old.

A mother lost her daughter 40 years ago. Until investigators knocked on her door, she had no idea what had happened.

Family of Wendy Stephens finds closure 38 years later, thanks to improvements in forensic genealogy After nearly four decades, a Denver family finally has some answers about what happened to Wendy Stephens. and last updated 2021-02-10 01:31:08-05 DENVER — After nearly four decades, a Denver family finally has some answers about what happened to Wendy Stephens. Stephens was just 14 years old when she disappeared in 1983 in Denver; the teen’s parents had filed a missing person’s re...

83, her boyfriend saw her getting into ridgways truck at a bus stop and then seemed to argue with him. the boyfriend tried to follow them but lost the truck at a light. the boyfriend and maries father, jose, searched the neighborhood the next day and located the truck in ridgways driveway. apparently they didnt think about contacting the green river task force. they called local police in the seattle suburb of des moines. jose malvar had to be restrained from going in and looking for marie himse...

We now return to "chasing the devil." >> while the green river task force was being cut back, losing manpower and looking at all the wrong people, the man who would, in the end, become the chief suspect continued to solicit prostitutes on the sea-tac strip. a man who would later admit to investigators that he was addicted to prostitutes in the same way that alcohol can be an addiction. >> it wasnt for sex. i dont think that he enjoyed sex really personally. if he did, he sure didnt show it. >> r...

Task force. does this help you find the next one or illustrate why its so hard to find and stop these people? >> one of the problems is police departments dont recognize soon enough the serial. we have been guilty for years of not communicating to each other well enough. >> i think there was an element of people thinking deja vu all over again because within the first week, there were five bodies found in or on the green river in one spot. >> once the killing started, keppel and others of the gr...

Wilderness around the city. >> with us this morning from our affiliate king in seattle is bob keppel, the chief detective on that ted bundy case. now a consultant to the green river task force. now that i you know something about the serial murderers, does it help to find the next one or illustrate why it is hard to find and stop these people? >> one of the problems is that police departments dont recognize soon enough the serial. we have been guilty for years of not communicating to each other ...

Its so hard to find and stop these people? >> one of the problems is police departments dont recognize enough the serial. and we been guilty for years of not communicating to each other well enough. >> i think there was an element of people thinking deja vu all over again. because within the first week there were five bodies found in or on the green river. >> once the killing started, keppel and other members of the green river task force receive a strange offer of help ted bundy, who was sittin...

We now return to "chasing the devil." >> while the green river task force was being cut back, losing manpower and looking at all the wrong people, the man who would, in the end, become the chief suspect continued to solicit prostitutes on the sea-tac strip. a man who would later admit to investigators that he was addicted to prostitutes in the same way that alcohol can be an addiction. >> it wasnt for sex. i dont think that he enjoyed sex really personally. if he did, he sure didnt show it. >> r...