Tag: Washington

The Disappearance of Leah Roberts

Portrait of Leah Roberts + Leah Roberts smiling

EARLY LIFE: Leah Roberts was born on July 23, 1976 to Nancy and Stancil Roberts. The youngest of three children, she was raised in Durham, North Carolina. While Leah had a relatively normal childhood, things took a turn at 17 when her father was diagnosed with a life-threatening respiratory disease. Three years later, her mother

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The Disappearance of Nguyet Thu “Wiki” Phung

Portrait of Nguyet Thu "Wiki" Phung

EARLY LIFE: Nguyet Thu “Wiki” Phung was born on September 18, 1971 in Vietnam. Around 1975, she and her family immigrated to the United States, as her parents wanted to escape the country’s communist takeover. They, Nguyet and her five siblings settled in Snohomish County, Washington. According to those who knew her, Nguyet rarely went

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The Disappearance of Daisy Tallman

Photograph of Daisy Tallman

EARLY LIFE: Daisy Mae Tallman was born on January 10, 1958 to Eldred Heath and Nancy Whitefoot, members of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation. The youngest of six sisters, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, Elias and Lillie Whitefoot, and extended family on a ranch in Medicine Valley, near the foothills

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Parker Doe

DISCOVERY: In the early afternoon hours of February 16, 1988, a horseback rider travelling along a dirt road in the unincorporated Lower Yakima Valley community of Parker, Washington discovered skeletal remains in the brush. He contacted the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, who arrived on scene. The location where the remains were found is within sight

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Jane Doe B-17

DISCOVERY: On February 18, 1984, partial human remains were discovered in the 5400 block of south 331st Street in Federal Way, Washington. Nearly two years later, on January 2, 1986, additional remains were found in a ravine across from Mountain View Cemetery, just outside of Auburn, Washington. It was determined both sets of remains belonged to

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