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,
And he had been beaten in the head with rocks. Narrator Jays Body was located about 70 miles away from where tanya was found. Hed been strangled. The boy who found my Brothers Body was 24 at the time. Hes now in his 50s, and he remembers it and has carried it with him this whole time. Narrator the Plastic Zip ties found with both victims indicated this was not a haphazard, spurofthemoment attack. This was something that appeared to have been premeditated. This person came equipped to commit this crime. Narrator who would do this . Jay and tanya appear to have been targeted, but they didnt know anyone in the area. Tanya i mean, i couldnt even imagine her coming close to having enemies of this sort. Baanstra we didnt know anybody that we could even dream of doing this kind of damage to someone
Who was carrying the correct mix of dna. And so the genealogist said that the perpetrator has to be that male child. Narrator that person was william talbott, who was 24 years old at the time of the murders. This was the first time that id ever heard the name william talbott. He was not in the Case File anywhere. His Family Home was just about 7 miles down the road from where Jays Body was found. Narrator talbott, a nevermarried truck driver, had no criminal record, so his Dna Wasnt in codis, the genetic database used by law enforcement. Investigators needed a sample of Talbotts Dna to either expose or eliminate him as a suspect in jay and tanyas murder. Collins they were having a really hard time getting a piece of evidence from him. Narrator but, eventually, talbott, who, after all this time,