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DNA from cigarette leads to arrest in unsolved Tacoma murder

The break in the unsolved murder case came from a cigarette butt. On June 16, police in Tacoma pulled over the driver of a pickup truck in a traffic stop.

13 September 2026Live

Sources

The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/dna-from-cigarette-leads-to-arrest-in-unsolved-murder/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

The break in the unsolved murder case came from a cigarette butt. On June 16, police in Tacoma pulled over the driver of a pickup truck in a traffic stop.

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