One Discarded Cigarette Exposed a Killer After 3 Decades | Sarah Yarborough

In December 1991, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough left home for a drill team competition and never made it onto the bus. Less than an hour later, two boys found her body in the bushes behind Federal Way High School — beaten, strangled, and just 150 yards from her own car. For 28 years, the Sarah Yarborough case sat frozen in time: 2,500 tips, a full DNA profile, and not a single match. Then a discarded cigarette changed everything. This is the true crime documentary of how investigators used forensic genetic genealogy to finally unmask Patrick Nicholas — one of the first cold cases solved by the technology that's now rewriting criminal justice. Some images in this video are AI-generated representations created for illustrative purposes. Hit that LIKE button! ► Grab a True Crime Stories T-Shirt → https://bit.ly/TCSmerch ► Grab a new TCS mug or decal! → https://tynotts.com ► Join the channel for perks! → https://bit.ly/3V6gSF7 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Beginning 02:59 An Ordinary Walk 05:26 The Only Witnesses 09:51 The Cold Truth 12:47 The DNA Discovery 18:16 The Sentencing My name is Ty Notts and I'm a freelance cold case detective who investigates unsolved mysteries and unexplained crimes, posting them as crime documentaries. Here on True Crime Stories, I cover true crime cases you've never heard of. I also post new true crime documentaries each week, so follow for more! Mysterious scary stories like this are sure to leave you baffled when you hear about what this scary person has done. #SarahYarborough #TrueCrime #ColdCase #ColdCaseSolved #TrueCrimeStory #TrueCrimeDocumentary #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedMystery #GeneticGenealogy #CrimeStory #JusticeServed #FederalWay