The Tragedies at Point Defiance Park

Point Defiance Park in Tacoma Washington has been sight to more than one tragedy, including the murder of Jennifer Bastian.

Show Notes

Was her death related to the murder if Michella Welch, which took place months prior? And are there still spirits haunting the park even today?

References

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/dna-used-napkin-lead-police-to-suspect-in-tacoma-girls-1986-killing/

https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/point-defiance-marina-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Defiance_Park

The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) August 20th, 1986 “Public Help Sought to Locate Van in Bastian Case.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michella-welch-jenni-bastian-killings-tacoma-detectives-never-gave-cold-n991556


https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/suspect-charged-in-1986-murder-of-12-year-old-tacoma-girl/281-566739649


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT1WNNFa5Q

https://www.q13fox.com/news/classmate-friend-emotional-after-arrest-in-30-year-old-murder-of-tacomas-jennifer-bastian

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 6, 1986, “Searchers Find No Trace of Girl, 13” by Michael Barber

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 7, 1986, “Search For Missing Girl Intensifies” by Michael Barber

August 21, 1986 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) “VAN LINKED TO MISSING TACOMA GIRL”

Pacific Northwest Haunts by Joe Teeples

https://www.facebook.com/TacomaGhostTours/posts/the-japanese-pagoda-at-point-defiance-park-19141915the-pagoda-opened-in-1914-as-/1845788568985389/

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) August 30, 1986, GREEN RIVER FORCE CHECKS SITE OF GIRL’S DEATH IN TACOMA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), January 6, 1990 MEMORIES OF VICTIM AFTER KILLER RECAPTURED `UNSOLVED MYSTERIES’ TV PROGRAM NAILS SLAYER OF GIRL

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), June 22, 2018, Court file: DNA on restaurant napkin led to suspect in 1986 killing of Tacoma girl

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article224961890.html

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/the-windmill-restaurant-steaks-wa/

http://hauntedhouses.com/washington/the-pagoda-on-five-mile-drive/

News Tribune, The (Tacoma, WA) January 26, 2019, Washburn sentenced to 27 years for killing Jennifer Bastian in 1986

https://truecrimemysteries.medium.com/new-dna-evidence-used-to-solve-2-cold-cases-from-1986-ae278243466b

The News Tribune, TACOMA, WASHINGTON, Saturday, August 30, 1986, “Posters Held Last Hope For Many” by Cheryle Mano

https://komonews.com/news/local/court-documents-man-arrested-in-death-of-child-had-called-police-about-another-murder

http://komonews.s3.amazonaws.com/Jennifer%20Bastian%20Timeline-redacted.pdf

http://komonews.s3.amazonaws.com/Michella%20Welch%20Timeline-Redacted.pdf

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