Malone, who was still Bass wife at this point, initially gave him an alibi, which she later rescinded, telling police that he asked her to lie for him and she couldnt tell the truth until she felt safe. The case went cold, and the murder hung like a dark cloud over this community for the next two decades. But it wasnt a clean getaway, 20 pounds of meth sailed from Bellingham on a ferry, rolled into burritos, Defense attorneys seek dismissals in cases against Bellingham school administrators. He remains in custody. He said, "I need a strong alibi or I'm going to prison." "And I turned to her and said, 'Oh, I do, too," Merilee Anderson says. Det. Detective Ron Peterson, left, pictured with "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant, led the search team for Mandy Stavik. Ron Petersen: That was the biggest fear of mine is how to get her out without disturbing it. Kevin Bowhay: She always started from the house and then ran down westbound towards the west side of the Strand Road. This yields a total of 107 sex offenders in Washington per 100,000 residents which is 60% less than the national average. Her body was later discovered in a nearby river. Acme is a tiny town down Highway 9 in Washington State's Whatcom County. That's all he says, "We got him." At trial, Mandys mother Mary testified that after several hours, the family became concerned and called the sheriffs office. And I love that. Acme is also included in, and the source-name for, a larger census-designated place (CDP). He began scouring the case file, pouring over old leads and old suspects. And as the decades went by, the case became cold. Who's been talked to?". There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Acme, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. Where are we right now? She was expecting her second child and was devoted to her three-year-old son, and her husband David was a respected football coach. The sheriffs office is asking the publics help in locating 23-year-old Tyler James OKeefe. The database acts as a central repository for detailed information on violent crimes occurring Det. Peter Van Sant: You'd empty the garbage so it would be empty , Peter Van Sant: in case he dropped a cup or a bottle . After all, they've got the guy that did it. An autopsy report was expected today on Amanda Stavik, 18. The population was 246 at the 2010 census. She says it was hardly a fairy-tale romance. What was that moment like? December 15, 2022 1:30 am. According to a news conference held after Basss arrest by Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo, eventually his investigators tried to shake loose names from the community in the 2010s. If one person doesn't agree, you've got a hung jury and they have to start all over again. Semen was found on her body and preserved. "No." Three days later, her nude body was found three miles away in the Nooksack River. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Unemployment in Acme is very high and the median home sales price is $0. Kevin Bowhay: We developed this list we called it a DNA sweep. JUDGE OLSON: If you would like the opportunity, now is the time. The friends determined Sather had been run over and was dead and left the scene because they were scared, according to court records. Kevin Bowhay: I started goin' through, "Who's been interviewed? Det. Ken Gates [pointing at house]: He lived right in this house right here. The Staviks' home was on a dead-end street, a mile from the highway. Brent Scott Gerber, 47, of Maple Falls was arrested Monday, April 6, by the sheriffs office on suspicion of first-degree murder. The businesses respond, Bellingham requires landlords to give this new notice of rent increases to tenants, Another piece of the puzzle set for connection between Lake Padden, Whatcom Falls Park, Morning snow covered roads in Whatcom. 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Back then, Detective Ron Peterson led the search team for Mandy Stavik, moving upriver in a Zodiac boat. Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates Cities with similar population coming from of all places, a pair of moms chatting at a water park. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. All that promise came to an abrupt end in 1989, when the college freshman came home from Central Washington University for Thanksgiving. Kevin Bowhay: So, about three months later, we got the results from the state crime lab and Katie from the crime lab says, "Kevin, we've got a match.". The last person to see Mandy alive was a man in a pickup truck. Deliberations lasted a little over a day. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE NOW: bit.ly/2kxokxE Generations of families felt safe in Staviks town in rural Washington, where most people knew each other. Hearing Backstrom's story, Anderson told her ownwhich was far more chilling. Det. Molly Brighton: Mandy, she was larger than life. Basketball player, cheerleader, top student, once an aspiring airline pilot, Mandy Stavik truly stood out says her mother Mary. Det. Peter Van Sant: As you're about to take the stand, what's going through your mind? Hours later, the dog returned home, but Ms Stavik did not. But Detective Kevin Bowhay, who attended the same high school as Mandy, had never given up. Were still tracing down 7,859 leads, a Whatcom County sheriffs detective told the local press. Daily protests calling for the authoritarian president's resignation are now in their second month, Members of 'Omnium Cultural' celebrate the 20th 'Festa per la llibertat' ('Fiesta for the freedom') to mark the Day of Catalonia in Barcelona. Kevin Bowhay: I would say that wooded area ahead of us is where I believe she was abducted. "And I just said I knew that it was Tim Bass.". And that he had always been in love with me. For the last year, Basss lawyers have tussled with the state in court, arguing that the DNA match to Ms Stavik was the result of an illegal search. Gina Malone: He said, "I just want to let you know I slept with Mandy." She returned to her hometown of Acme, Washington, for Thanksgiving break. Her body was found three days. / CBS News, Produced by Alec Sirken and Emily Wichick, [This story first aired on November 30, 2019. Peter Van Sant: Why would his story evolve like that, in your opinion? Tim Bass could be eligible for parole in 24 years. "To accuse someone of something that we don't know for sure is a little scary," Anderson says. Det. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Robin Bass: Oh, yes. Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. And he certainly didn't kill anyone. I'm gonna wake up at any moment in time" I was just, like, "this is the biggest thing that's ever happened to me." But Malone stuck with Tim and had three children with him. Please enter valid email address to continue. July 18, 2020 / 11:04 PM Kim Wagner: And I asked if her family knew. Tom Bass: Very little. 2013 of aggravated first-degree murder for the murder of Correctional Officer Jayme Biendl on Jan. 29, 2011 while she was on duty at the Washington State Reformatory Unit of the Monroe Correctional Complex in Snohomish County. As Wagner chatted with investigators, she realized they were looking at the Mandy Stavik murder, and figured out what they were really after. When authorities tested the cup, Bass DNA matched the DNA taken from Staviks body. Det. Although his DNA did not match the crime scene, Bowhay still wanted to talk to him again. Kevin Bowhay: His name wasn't even on the radar. Peter Van Sant: Tim says he's an innocent man. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, The body of Mandy Stavik was discovered in a Washington river in 1989, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Peter Van Sant: In your heart, as well as in your head, you wanted to finish this? Police arrested Timothy in December 2017 after his DNA matched with the DNA found on Mandy . Det. Peter Van Sant: If Tim Bass sitting in his home was lookin' out the window, could he have seen Mandy running by? He should never get out. The Washington State Attorney General's Homicide Investigation Tracking System (HITS) comprises investigators and the HITS databasea software application designed to store crime-related information voluntarily contributed by police and sheriffs' departments in the Pacific Northwest. Peter Van Sant: How do you think she was abducted? It took a whole community. They exchanged stories and discovered they were talking about the same man, Timothy Bass. Tom Bass: Very competitive. Det. "Then why would your DNA be inside her? On November 24, 1989, 18-year-old Stavik was home from college for Thanksgiving when she went out for a run near her home in Acme, Washington, and did not return. Det. The male DNA was semen, suggesting a sexual attack. Gina Malone: I was scared. Unswayed, the judge sentenced Bass to the maximum sentence: nearly 27 years. Peter Van Sant: When you lifted her out of the water as a father, did you say anything to her? Mary Stavik: They have to have 100% agreement. 20/20 on ID airs at 10/9c on Investigation Discovery. Tim Bass' trial was turning into a family reunion from hell. The defendant does not have a criminal record, but has had previous run-ins with the court system. She has worked in Montana, Florida and Virginia. Tim's mom Sandra Bass insisted that her son never tried to blame his father for Mandy's death: SANDY BASS: That is totally false. If it was her girl who had been viciously killed, she wondered, wouldn't she want someone to do whatever they could? There are no telephone calls made between the two of them. Unfortunately, David was also a killer, and he shot his wife dead in their home in 1999. Gerber told investigators he remembered the passenger door opening and Sather falling to the ground. And I did leave, actually. I looked in the garbage and my heart was likebeating out of my chest, Wagner told ABC News. Go get make me food.". It was 30 years ago this past Thanksgiving weekend that Mandy Stavik, an 18-year-old college student, disappeared after going out for a jog in Acme, Washington. Judge will allow DNA evidence at trial of man accused in 1989 murder of Mandy Stavik, Pope Francis prays with priests at the end of a limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican, A girl's silhouette is seen from behind a fabric in a tent along a beach by Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, A Chinese woman takes a photo of herself in front of a flower display dedicated to frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing, China. As the nine-day trial wraps up, both sides make their final appeal to the jury. Detectives are investigating after a deceased person was discovered in an abandoned building in First Hill on Wednesday night. I'm like, "this is jackpot." And I was praying that that would not happen. Masks, which were already compulsory on public transport, in enclosed public spaces, and outdoors in Paris in certain high-congestion areas around tourist sites, were made mandatory outdoors citywide on August 28 to fight the rising coronavirus infections, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to the national flag at the start of a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo. Det. Mandy Stavik Mandy's family life had not been easy but she loved spending time with them whenever she got the chance. Acme is located in the South Fork Valley between the northern Cascade Mountains and Lake Whatcom. But when investigators approached him about providing a voluntary DNA sample to exclude him from the crime, he refused, Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney David McEachran told a court at Basss initial appearance on December 13, 2017. After I asked if it was that case and who it was, I felt a basic human moral obligation to help, the woman would later testify, according to the Bellingham Herald. It was more more kissin' and stuff. Kevin Bowhay: This is the Standard Road where Suchy was observed. The next time police came around asking about Bass delivery routes, she offered to help them get a DNA sample. Strangely, they had wanted to know details of his daily routes decades ago. Kevin Bowhay: No. KING 5's Eric Wilkinson with the latest from the Whatcom County Courthouse. I didn't know what to say. He who could who could forget Mandy Stavik? STEPHEN JACKSON: There were no signs of a struggle. While police had to decline Wagners offer because they couldnt enlist a civilian in an investigation, they did tell her they could accept evidence brought to them, so Wagner watched Bass until one day he threw away a water cup at work in 2017. But following Basss arrest, his attorneys attempted to have the DNA evidence thrown out because they argue the search violated his Fourth Amendment rights. ABC The air quality index in Acme is 32% better than the national average. Over 30 years ago, teenager Amanda Mandy Stavik disappeared while out for a run in her rural Washington town. This light went off in my head and I thought, Is that why the police were at my work? Omnion Cultural fights for the independence of Catalonia, The Moria refugee camp, two days after Greece's biggest migrant camp, was destroyed by fire. Mary Stavik: Definitely closure, I feel. STARCK FOLLIS | DEFENSE ATTORNEY: It's easy to make the assumption that this pretty young woman would never have anything to do with Mr. Bass Just because somebody hadn't seen them together doesn't mean that they hadn't been together at some point. Starck Follis is one of Bass' defense attorneys. "I don't know what it was about her. DAVE MCEACHRAN | PROSECUTOR: She was raped and then was killed and deposited in the river and drowned in the river. His arraignment is scheduled for April 17. Senator Murray Highlights Millions in Funding to Fix Water Supply Issues, Promote Drought Resilience in Central WA. Right after that conversation, on December 12, 2017 28 years after Mandy had been found dead police arrested 50-year-old Tim Bass in the bakery parking lot. On November 24, 1989, Amanda Mandy Stavik was kidnapped, raped, and murdered as she went jogging near her home on Strand Road in Clipper, near Acme in Whatcom County, Washington State. Bakery manager helps catch a killer: "It's game time". The street map of Acme is the most basic version which provides you with a comprehensive outline of the city's essentials. Something pink. Suddenly Backstrom blurted out that she knew who did it and Anderson said she did too. Runnin' through the blackberries.". I just never forgot about Mandy. It was updated on July 18, 2020.]. Thank you, you're the greatest. Heather Backstrom and Merrilee Anderson are proud of their roles in putting Tim Bass away. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Mary Stavik: And he says, "We've got him." Ron Peterson [emotional, turns away from the camera]: You're the first person that asked that. Det. Jay Van Mersbergen | Juror: Maybe a quarter of the people tied up on whether or not there might be reasonable doubt. The manager, Kim Wagner, directed them to the companys human resources department and didnt think too much of it because they hadnt given her any specifics about the investigation. The next day, November 27, Ms Stavik was discovered floating in the Nooksack River, three and a half miles from her family home. Twenty-nine years and six months to the day had passed since Mandy Stavik was killed. Peter Van Sant: Why did you stay with him? Peter Van Sant: It's a solemn place for you isn't it? Years later, the two women now realized they had to speak up. Mary and Molly were too emotional to speak, so Molly's husband Mike Brighton spoke for them: MIKE BRIGHTON: My family will never be healed, never be normal. After the DNA match, they paid another visit to Tim as he was leaving work. When Mandy jogged with her dog, the route that she would take would take her past Timothy Basss residence.. On November 24, 1989, Amanda "Mandy" Stavik was kidnapped, raped, and murdered as she went jogging near her home on Strand Road in Clipper, near Acme in Whatcom County, Washington State. Anderson had never told anyone in law enforcement of her suspicions. 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. The highest monthly average temperature in Acme for July is 63.3 degrees. The unemployment rate in Acme is 6.7% (U.S. avg. April 04, 2020 10:47 PM. Det. Shoshana Paige: Even innocent people, when they're under that great weight of suspicion, can do things that can be interpreted as, "Well, only a guilty person would do this.". He was not originally a suspect in 1989, according to Elfo. Gerber said Mulryan asked him for a ride to the park in Acme so Mulryan could meet with a girl who had apparently done something to him in the past, court records state. Now the focus is only on preparing for trial and showing that Mr. Bass had nothing to do with this case.. And the things that . Peter Van Sant: And back in 1989, 1990 Did they go to the Bass household and question people there? They drove ahead as the years piled up into a decade, then two decades. Kevin Bowhay: By weapon, that's what they used to gain to control of her. WSDOT traffic camera image. And we know that she was kidnapped, she was raped, and then she was killed. 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