Post Mortem | The Hunt for Sarah Yarborough’s Killer
On a cold December morning in 1991, Sarah Yarborough was murdered at her high school campus. Despite DNA evidence left at the crime scene and two eyewitnesses, Sarah’s case went cold. Correspondent Natalie Morales along with producers Chris Young Ritzen and Lauren Clark discuss how a man who’d been in and out of prison for crimes against women was able to slip through the cracks for decades, and that forensic genetic genealogy ultimately connected him to Sarah’s murder.
- Duration
- 22m
- Broadcast on
- 21 Nov 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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(upbeat music) - Welcome back to another episode of "Post Mortem." I'm your host, Anne-Marie Green, and today we're answering your biggest questions from our latest episode, "The Hunt for Sarah Yarborough's Killer." Joining me are 48 hours correspondent, Natalie Morales, and producers Chris Young-Ritzen and Lauren Clark, who reported and produced this episode. Welcome. - Thank you, Anne-Marie. - I am Marie. - Hi, thank you for having us. - So, you know, one of the reasons why this story kind of really hits you is because you almost feel like you knew Sarah in high school. She's the kid that you wanted to be friends with. She has everything going for her. She's an incredible young woman, everyone agrees. Big plans for the future, and then it is ripped away from her. So, before we dive into "Post Mortem," I just wanna play a little bit of an overview from this week's episode. - We used to hop defense right here, and cut through here. - On December 14th, 1991, 13-year-old Drew Miller and his friend, were walking through federal way high school outside Seattle, Washington, when they noticed a man in the bushes. - He's just staring at us from the bushes. That was pretty jarring. The mysterious man walked away, but he left behind a horrific scene. There in the bushes where the man had just been, the boys discovered the body of a young woman, 16-year-old Sarah Yarbrough. - It was absolutely horrible. - Drew says his shock turned to fear when he realized the man, who was now just feet in front of him, was staring directly back at him. - Does that look still haunt you? - Oh, yeah, yeah, it's frozen in my mind. - The boogeyman then. - Legitimate boogeyman. - The boys raised home and police were called. Detective Scott Strathie, with the King County Sheriff's Office, was one of the first on the scene.
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On a cold December morning in 1991, Sarah Yarborough was murdered at her high school campus. Despite DNA evidence left at the crime scene and two eyewitnesses, Sarah’s case went cold. Correspondent Natalie Morales along with producers Chris Young Ritzen and Lauren Clark discuss how a man who’d been in and out of prison for crimes against women was able to slip through the cracks for decades, and that forensic genetic genealogy ultimately connected him to Sarah’s murder.