William Talbott

• Conviction for murder of young B.C. couple reversed due to juror’s bias: court ruling

  A Washington State man who was found guilty of two counts of aggravated murder of a young B.C. couple in 1987 has now had his conviction overturned.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2021
  
• Washington man handed 2 life sentences for killing B.C. couple in 1987

  William Earl Talbott II, the first person ever to be convicted of a crime through genealogy research, was convicted of murdering Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook more than 30 years ago.

  Jul 24, 2019
  
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• Washington man found guilty of 1987 murder of young B.C. couple

  William Earl Talbott II was arrested in 2018 after investigators used genealogy to link him to the 1987 crime.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2019
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• Washington state jury weighing case of young B.C. couple killed in 1987

  A jury began deliberating this week in the trial of William Talbott II, who was arrested last year for murdering Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook thanks to DNA genealogy.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2019
• Opening statements heard in case of young B.C. couple killed outside Seattle in 1987

  The case against William Talbott hinges on the novel genetic DNA genealogy process that was used to arrest and charge him.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2019
• Trial set to begin in decades-old murder of B.C. couple

  "Having someone charged sort of brought home the reality that people were continuing to make best efforts and continuing to try to solve this," John Van Cuylenborg said.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2019
• Man arrested in 30-year-old cold-case murders of young B.C. couple

  In November 1987, 18-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and 20-year-old Jay Cook were murdered on a trip to Washington state.

  Crime

  May 18, 2018