EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives have cleared up one mystery in the 1987 slayings of a young Canadian couple, but they’re still looking for the killer.
For 23 years detectives have wondered if the person who sent rambling, taunting letters to the families of the couple was the killer or just a kook.
The Daily Herald of Everett reports investigators got their answer last week. The letters were sent by a mentally ill transient. He is not a suspect.
Detectives continue to look for the killer of the British Columbia couple — 20-year-old Jay Cook and 19-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg — who were on a trip to Seattle. His body was found near Monroe in Snohomish County. Her body was found near Alger in Skagit County.