A man who’s been serving time for a kidnapping and rape in Oregon is expected to face a judge in a Whatcom County court Thursday for the death of a Bellingham woman who disappeared 36 years ago.
according to the Bellingham HeraldPolice said Aughe, 29, had told coworkers she was going to go on a date with a man she had met that day.O’Neall served jail time for stealing Aughe’s car but was never charged in her death.
He has been serving time in an Oregon prison since 2008 for the kidnapping and rape of a 14-year-old Portland girl in 1987,In 2015, Bellingham police received DNA evidence linking O’Neall to Aughe from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. Five years later, in 2020, Bellingham police received another DNA report linking O’Neall to Aughe, and the following year, cheek swabs were taken from O’Neall and sent to the WSP lab, according to the Herald.
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