Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: IDENTIFIED - Green River Killer’s Final Victim

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For years she was labeled “Bones 20” the unidentified victim of the Green River Killer.

Now, thanks to police work and Othram Labs, the victim has been named as Tammy Liles. She was from Everett, Washington, and vanished in the summer of 1983. She was only 16 years old when she became a victim of serial killer Gary Ridgeway.

On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take you behind the headlines and into the lab that helped give a name to a young lady who spent decades being called “Bones 20."

Transcript Highlights

00:0:16 Introduction – The Green River Killer last victim identified

00:02:28 Talk about age reference

00:06:32 Discussion of high-profile murders

00:10:48 Talk about the Green River Killer 16-year-old victim

00:15:56 Discussion of identifying remains

00:20:54 Discussion of the Green River Killer evidence

00:25:58 Talk about starting with incomplete skeleton

00:29:41 Discussion of Genetic Genealogy

00:34:51 Talking about Othram labs

00:37:39 Conclusion; might be the most noble of pursuits

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