A 14-year-old was murdered. Her killer’s DNA sat in the system for decades.

For 32 years, Tanya Frazier’s killer went unidentified — even as his DNA sat in the system designed to catch him. KING 5 Investigators found out why.

SEATTLE — Teara Frazier still thinks about who her sister would have become.

“When I think about her,” she said, her voice breaking. “(I think) just who would she be?”

In July 1994, 14-year-old Tanya Frazier vanished after leaving summer class at Meany Middle School in Seattle. Five days later, her body was found along East Highland Drive, blocks from where she was last seen. She had been sexually assaulted and suffered sharp force injuries. No one

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