Washington 1989 cold case solved — arrest shocks community

Washington 1989 cold case solved — arrest shocks community

In a small, safe Washington town, the day after Thanksgiving was supposed to be a quiet holiday jog for 18-year-old college student Mandy Stavic.

But when her German Shepherd, Kyra, returned home alone two hours later—tail tucked and trembling—the Stavic family knew their worst nightmare had begun. Three agonizing days later, Mandy’s body was found in the Nooksack River, strangled and sexually assaulted. The killer vanished, leaving only a male DNA sample behind.

For over 28 years, the killer lived freely among the very people who mourned Mandy. The case went cold, haunting the quiet town of Acme.

📌 Key Points of the Case:
✅ A routine five-mile jog became a decades-long mystery in the small town of Acme, Washington.
✅ The case saw multiple dead ends, frustrating relentless detectives, including one who was Mandy's own high school acquaintance.
✅ A chance conversation between two former high school classmates, held 24 years after the murder, finally named the killer.
✅ The final, undeniable breakthrough was secured when a courageous co-worker risked everything to covertly obtain the killer's DNA from a discarded cup of coffee.

How did the killer manage to hide in plain sight for nearly three decades? Who was the brave co-worker who helped secure the evidence?

Join us as we uncover the chilling details of the Mandy Stavic cold case, the tenacity of Detective Kevin Bowie, and the extraordinary efforts of an entire community to finally deliver justice to a mother on her 81st birthday.

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