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Nov. 21—It took 28 years for police to solve the homicide of 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, who was killed outside her Federal Way, Wash., high school in December 1991. Her assailant,
"One thing the detectives kept telling us was … eventually technology's gonna solve this case. … I trusted that, and they turned out that they were right," Sarah Yarborough's mother tells "48 Hours."
Had Patrick Nicholas served his full sentence of 10 years for a previous attempted rape of another woman he would not have been free to strangle 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough.
"One thing the detectives kept telling us was … eventually technology's gonna solve this case. … I trusted that, and they turned out that they were right," Sarah Yarborough's mother tells "48 Hours."
Patrick Nicholas was arrested and charged with murder of Sarah Yarborough in 2023 after DNA test