In the fall of 1982, Thirteen-year-old, Kristen Sumstad's raped and strangled body is found in a television cardboard box outside of a television repair shop in Seattle, WA. Forensic evidence is collected from the body and put into evidence.
Police begin their investigation by questioning teens in the neighborhood. Among them is fourteen-year-old John Athan, a friend of the Sumstad family who was seen the night Kristen died pushing a hand truck near the crime scene. Police suspect dozens of suspects but blood and polygraph tests eliminate them all.
In 2002, Seattle police department develops a cold case squad and Detectives Dick Gagnon and Greg Mixsell decide to pull the Sumstad case out of the cold files since forensic evidence has been preserved. Detectives send the evidence collected from Kristen's body to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Using PCR/STR DNA technology a profile is pulled. The genetic profile is entered into the Washington State and national DNA databases. No match is made so detectives return to the case file.
When reviewing the file, detectives notice John Athan's name keeps popping up. In order to eliminate him as suspect they need to test his DNA. Problem is, Athan now lives in New Jersey and the Seattle Police Department is on a tight budget so detectives must think of a creative and cost effective way to obtain his DNA. Detectives develop a ruse that will only cost them 37 cents and hope that a simple lick of an envelope will eventually lead Kristen's murderer to prison.
**Thank you Reider(Kristen's cousin) for the burial info**
Police begin their investigation by questioning teens in the neighborhood. Among them is fourteen-year-old John Athan, a friend of the Sumstad family who was seen the night Kristen died pushing a hand truck near the crime scene. Police suspect dozens of suspects but blood and polygraph tests eliminate them all.
In 2002, Seattle police department develops a cold case squad and Detectives Dick Gagnon and Greg Mixsell decide to pull the Sumstad case out of the cold files since forensic evidence has been preserved. Detectives send the evidence collected from Kristen's body to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Using PCR/STR DNA technology a profile is pulled. The genetic profile is entered into the Washington State and national DNA databases. No match is made so detectives return to the case file.
When reviewing the file, detectives notice John Athan's name keeps popping up. In order to eliminate him as suspect they need to test his DNA. Problem is, Athan now lives in New Jersey and the Seattle Police Department is on a tight budget so detectives must think of a creative and cost effective way to obtain his DNA. Detectives develop a ruse that will only cost them 37 cents and hope that a simple lick of an envelope will eventually lead Kristen's murderer to prison.
**Thank you Reider(Kristen's cousin) for the burial info**
In the fall of 1982, Thirteen-year-old, Kristen Sumstad's raped and strangled body is found in a television cardboard box outside of a television repair shop in Seattle, WA. Forensic evidence is collected from the body and put into evidence.
Police begin their investigation by questioning teens in the neighborhood. Among them is fourteen-year-old John Athan, a friend of the Sumstad family who was seen the night Kristen died pushing a hand truck near the crime scene. Police suspect dozens of suspects but blood and polygraph tests eliminate them all.
In 2002, Seattle police department develops a cold case squad and Detectives Dick Gagnon and Greg Mixsell decide to pull the Sumstad case out of the cold files since forensic evidence has been preserved. Detectives send the evidence collected from Kristen's body to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Using PCR/STR DNA technology a profile is pulled. The genetic profile is entered into the Washington State and national DNA databases. No match is made so detectives return to the case file.
When reviewing the file, detectives notice John Athan's name keeps popping up. In order to eliminate him as suspect they need to test his DNA. Problem is, Athan now lives in New Jersey and the Seattle Police Department is on a tight budget so detectives must think of a creative and cost effective way to obtain his DNA. Detectives develop a ruse that will only cost them 37 cents and hope that a simple lick of an envelope will eventually lead Kristen's murderer to prison.
**Thank you Reider(Kristen's cousin) for the burial info**
Police begin their investigation by questioning teens in the neighborhood. Among them is fourteen-year-old John Athan, a friend of the Sumstad family who was seen the night Kristen died pushing a hand truck near the crime scene. Police suspect dozens of suspects but blood and polygraph tests eliminate them all.
In 2002, Seattle police department develops a cold case squad and Detectives Dick Gagnon and Greg Mixsell decide to pull the Sumstad case out of the cold files since forensic evidence has been preserved. Detectives send the evidence collected from Kristen's body to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Using PCR/STR DNA technology a profile is pulled. The genetic profile is entered into the Washington State and national DNA databases. No match is made so detectives return to the case file.
When reviewing the file, detectives notice John Athan's name keeps popping up. In order to eliminate him as suspect they need to test his DNA. Problem is, Athan now lives in New Jersey and the Seattle Police Department is on a tight budget so detectives must think of a creative and cost effective way to obtain his DNA. Detectives develop a ruse that will only cost them 37 cents and hope that a simple lick of an envelope will eventually lead Kristen's murderer to prison.
**Thank you Reider(Kristen's cousin) for the burial info**
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