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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: Death Downstream

October 15, 2026 · 36 min

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When the battered body of Shawna Yandell is found floating in Washington State’s Yakima River in 1993, detectives first suspect those closest to her. The case grew cold until new DNA technology revealed a callous killer that no one suspected.


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