Bound By Assumption - Part 1 - The Story Of Michella Welch & Jennifer Bastian

For decades, the murders of Jennifer Bastian and Michella Welch haunted Tacoma, Washington. Two young girls. Two bicycle rides. Two families left searching for answers. And for more than thirty years, investigators believed they were looking at a single mystery.

In Part One of Bound by Assumption, Dan and Bekah examine the disappearances that terrified an entire community, the massive search efforts that followed, the heartbreaking discoveries that changed countless lives, and the decades-long investigation that seemed destined to remain unsolved.

As detectives Gene Miller and Lindsey Wade revisit the evidence, new forensic technology begins revealing answers investigators never thought possible. But the deeper they dig, the more they realize that some of the assumptions surrounding these cases may not be as solid as everyone once believed.

Join us as we trace the stories of Jennifer and Michella from the summer of 1986 through the breakthroughs that finally began to crack open one of the Pacific Northwest’s most haunting cold case investigations.

New episodes premiere every Sunday night at 8 PM Pacific Time.

Keep your eyes open and your footsteps light, because in the pines, the truth never stays buried.