Narrator when detectives finally located the Van Jay and tanya had driven from canada, they were hopeful evidence in the van would point to the killer. That same day, near a tavern a short distance from the van, police found personal items belonging to tanya. Detectives now had four separate Crime Scenes the spots where tanya and jays bodies were found, Jays Van, and the tavern. There were components of each Crime Scene that were connected both to Jay And Tanya but also from scene to scene. Narrator the key items were ammunition for a. 380caliber firearm, which was consistent with the gun used to kill tanya, a partial Palm Print lifted from Jays Van that didnt match either Jay Or Tanya or any of jays family,
A Man Collecting Cans in a rural area about 80 miles from seattle found the body of a young woman. She had been shot executionstyle in the back of the head. A. 380caliber Shell Casing was nearby. Plastic zip ties, presumably used to restrain the victim, were found near the body. All indications were she had been raped. Narrator Family Members identified the victim as tanya van cuylenborg. We were, you know, just dumbstruck with grief of the fact that this was the End Result for tanya. I mean, we were just bewildered. Narrator for now, The Big Question was, where was jay . The answer came 48 hours later, on thanksgiving day. When Jays Body was found, there was a ligature around his neck of Twine And Dog collars. He had tissue and a pack of cigarettes stuffed down his throat,
apartment, rented by 27-year-old justin bullard, who owned an aquarium cleaning business. justin bullard denied any involvement in the murder and said he never met virginia. he had no criminal history. mr. bullard s alibi was he was at home alone. and the problem with that was him being home alone and no one else to corroborate him being there at the time. with a search warrant, investigators found a wealth of evidence inside his apartment. we find in his apartment a .380-caliber pistol. the pistol, registered to justin bullard, was apparently the same caliber as the gun used in virginia s murder. and investigators found something else. there are several pages ripped out of the phone book, and each of those pages relate to escort services and phone
numbers for escort services. on a pair of bullard s boots, analysts noticed some slight discoloration. the boots were examined under a microscope. they were stained with what appeared to be high-impact blood spatter. high-impact spatter might be invisible. if the surface that it s deposited on is absorbant or dark in color, it s very likely that it would be very difficult to simply visualize it. dna tests on the bloody boots tied them to virginia s murder. the swabs were subjected to pcr testing. and the results came back consistent with the victim. whoever was wearing those boots was probably in contact with the victim at the time she was murdered. next, investigators tested bullard s handgun. the firearm that was submitted to me was a russian-manufactured makarov semi-automatic pistol, chambered to fire .380-caliber ammunition.
know, to the point they were saying, oh, my god, you know, this key works at this particular apartment here. the man inside the apartment was 46-year-old calvin powell, and he was well known to police. he s a colorful character. he s got several minor arrests, i believe there are some felonies for drugs or for, you know, property crimes. powell insisted he had nothing to do with rice s murder, but he could offer no alibi. he told investigators that 19-year-old william buck sometimes slept in his apartment and said that buck owned a weapon. what he told us was that in the past, buck had assaulted him with a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. [ gunshots ] we knew that was the caliber or size of the weapon that was used to shoot and kill kevin rice. and there was another coincidence. the asthma inhaler found near the crime scene was traced by its lot number to william buck s