TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man arrested in the killing of a 13-year-old Tacoma, Washington girl over three decades ago has been sentenced to nearly 27 years in prison.
The News Tribune reports 61-year-old Robert Washburn pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Jennifer Bastian Friday before he was sentenced.
Washburn abducted Bastian while she was on a bike ride in a Tacoma park on Aug. 4, 1986. Her body was found several weeks later in a wooded area. She’d been sexually assaulted and strangled.
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Test results from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab came back last year linking Washburn to the crime after he agreed to provide a DNA sample to the FBI.
He was arrested at his Illinois home in May 2018.
Washburn said in a statement in court that he was deeply sorry.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
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