Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks — Season 1, Episode 9: Death Downstream
Documentary, Crime • 43 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 8.8/10
Episode synopsis
When the battered body of Shawna Yandell, 16, 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.
About Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks
Bill Kurtis examines cold cases that are solved through advancements in DNA, along with help from victims’ families, law enforcement and the public. Each episode tells the story of how forensic evidence is used to solve murder cases that have remained unsolved for years.