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Thursday, June 27th:
*Trial continues (Day 10)-Verdict Watch! (@ 9am PT) – WA – Jay Cook (20) & Tanya Van Cuylenborg (18) (Nov. 19, 1987, Skagit County; Tanya found 11/24/87, Jay 11/26/87) – *William Earl Talbott II (56/24 @ time of crime) arrested (5/17/18), charged (5/18/18), indicted (6/15/18) & arraigned (6/19/18) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty (6/19/18). $2.5M bail. DA will not seek DP.
Investigators made a break in the cold case using a new strategy involving genetic genealogy (Parabon Nanolabs) & uploading DNA from the crime scene to a public, online genealogy (GEDMatch) database.
Trial started 6/14, and will last about 2-3 weeks (end of June). 12 jurors with 3 alternates.
Jury Selection hearings from 6/11/19 to 6/13/19 & Trial dates (1-6: 6/14/19 to 6/21/19) reference post #126 here:
VERDICT WATCH - WA - Jay Cook, 20, & Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, Skagit County, 24 Nov 1987
6/24/19 Day 7: State witnesses: Detective Jim Scharf. State Crime lab supervisor Lisa Collins. Prosecutors rest. Both sides say they will be ready to do closing arguments on Tuesday, 6/25.
6/25/19 Day 8: Prosecutors rested. Defense called one witness, a defense investigator. Defense rested. Talbott did not testify. State calls no rebuttal witnesses. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Linda Krese denied a defense motion Tuesday morning to dismiss both charges. Defense witness: Todd Reeves, a defense investigator. Defense rests. Closing arguments. Jury began deliberating Tuesday @ about 4pm. No other info available on how long they deliberated. Jury deliberations continue on 6/26.
6/26/19 Day 9: The jury has asked to see a map of Western Washington. Request has been denied. Jurors were told they have access to all the exhibits that were admitted. (There were maps of portions of Western Washington.) Deliberations continue to 6/27.
*Trial continues (Day 10)-Verdict Watch! (@ 9am PT) – WA – Jay Cook (20) & Tanya Van Cuylenborg (18) (Nov. 19, 1987, Skagit County; Tanya found 11/24/87, Jay 11/26/87) – *William Earl Talbott II (56/24 @ time of crime) arrested (5/17/18), charged (5/18/18), indicted (6/15/18) & arraigned (6/19/18) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty (6/19/18). $2.5M bail. DA will not seek DP.
Investigators made a break in the cold case using a new strategy involving genetic genealogy (Parabon Nanolabs) & uploading DNA from the crime scene to a public, online genealogy (GEDMatch) database.
Trial started 6/14, and will last about 2-3 weeks (end of June). 12 jurors with 3 alternates.
Jury Selection hearings from 6/11/19 to 6/13/19 & Trial dates (1-6: 6/14/19 to 6/21/19) reference post #126 here:
VERDICT WATCH - WA - Jay Cook, 20, & Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, Skagit County, 24 Nov 1987
6/24/19 Day 7: State witnesses: Detective Jim Scharf. State Crime lab supervisor Lisa Collins. Prosecutors rest. Both sides say they will be ready to do closing arguments on Tuesday, 6/25.
6/25/19 Day 8: Prosecutors rested. Defense called one witness, a defense investigator. Defense rested. Talbott did not testify. State calls no rebuttal witnesses. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Linda Krese denied a defense motion Tuesday morning to dismiss both charges. Defense witness: Todd Reeves, a defense investigator. Defense rests. Closing arguments. Jury began deliberating Tuesday @ about 4pm. No other info available on how long they deliberated. Jury deliberations continue on 6/26.
6/26/19 Day 9: The jury has asked to see a map of Western Washington. Request has been denied. Jurors were told they have access to all the exhibits that were admitted. (There were maps of portions of Western Washington.) Deliberations continue to 6/27.