Tanya Van Cuylenborg, age 18

Lost to gun violence on November 18, 1987 in Alger, Washington.

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HeraldNet.com: Jury now weighs genetic-genealogy case of 1987 double murder | HeraldNet.com
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tanya-van-cuylenborg-jay-cook-1.4709716
Distractify: How the 1987 Murders of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg Were Solved in 2018
The disappearance of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook: Following a decades-old cold case
Seattle Weekly: Life in prison for 1987 killer of young Canadian couple | Seattle Weekly
Mail Online: Genetic genealogy is used for the first time to convict killer

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