Jessica Baggen was the daughter of George and Vicki Baggen. She is also survived by her sisters Corella "Cory" Mudry and husband Joe and their son Joey, Melissa Baggen and her children Courtney and Jamie, and Amanda Baggen, all of Sitka; grandparents Ron and Letty Unterwegner of Vancouver WA and Anna Baggen of Sitka; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Jessica enjoyed family fishing outings, the outdoors, and photography. She loved to cook and was considering a career in that field. She loved to laugh and tease. Jessica had an independent and free spirit.
The town of Sitka held a memorial walk in her honor.
Jessica's body was found near the Indian River Bridge outside Sitka AK. Her murder was unsolved for years.
On Tuesday, 11 Aug 2020, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced it had solved Jessica's murder using an emerging technique called genetic genealogy. Evidence pointed toward a man who had lived in Sitka in the area where her body was found. He moved to a small town in Arkansas a decade ago. Cold case investigators traveled to Arkansas the week before the announcement, confronted him, and asked for a DNA sample, which he refused. Thirty minutes after the investigators left to secure a search warrant for his DNA, he killed himself. An autopsy confirmed his DNA was linked to the murder.
Jessica enjoyed family fishing outings, the outdoors, and photography. She loved to cook and was considering a career in that field. She loved to laugh and tease. Jessica had an independent and free spirit.
The town of Sitka held a memorial walk in her honor.
Jessica's body was found near the Indian River Bridge outside Sitka AK. Her murder was unsolved for years.
On Tuesday, 11 Aug 2020, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced it had solved Jessica's murder using an emerging technique called genetic genealogy. Evidence pointed toward a man who had lived in Sitka in the area where her body was found. He moved to a small town in Arkansas a decade ago. Cold case investigators traveled to Arkansas the week before the announcement, confronted him, and asked for a DNA sample, which he refused. Thirty minutes after the investigators left to secure a search warrant for his DNA, he killed himself. An autopsy confirmed his DNA was linked to the murder.
Jessica Baggen was the daughter of George and Vicki Baggen. She is also survived by her sisters Corella "Cory" Mudry and husband Joe and their son Joey, Melissa Baggen and her children Courtney and Jamie, and Amanda Baggen, all of Sitka; grandparents Ron and Letty Unterwegner of Vancouver WA and Anna Baggen of Sitka; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Jessica enjoyed family fishing outings, the outdoors, and photography. She loved to cook and was considering a career in that field. She loved to laugh and tease. Jessica had an independent and free spirit.
The town of Sitka held a memorial walk in her honor.
Jessica's body was found near the Indian River Bridge outside Sitka AK. Her murder was unsolved for years.
On Tuesday, 11 Aug 2020, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced it had solved Jessica's murder using an emerging technique called genetic genealogy. Evidence pointed toward a man who had lived in Sitka in the area where her body was found. He moved to a small town in Arkansas a decade ago. Cold case investigators traveled to Arkansas the week before the announcement, confronted him, and asked for a DNA sample, which he refused. Thirty minutes after the investigators left to secure a search warrant for his DNA, he killed himself. An autopsy confirmed his DNA was linked to the murder.
Jessica enjoyed family fishing outings, the outdoors, and photography. She loved to cook and was considering a career in that field. She loved to laugh and tease. Jessica had an independent and free spirit.
The town of Sitka held a memorial walk in her honor.
Jessica's body was found near the Indian River Bridge outside Sitka AK. Her murder was unsolved for years.
On Tuesday, 11 Aug 2020, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced it had solved Jessica's murder using an emerging technique called genetic genealogy. Evidence pointed toward a man who had lived in Sitka in the area where her body was found. He moved to a small town in Arkansas a decade ago. Cold case investigators traveled to Arkansas the week before the announcement, confronted him, and asked for a DNA sample, which he refused. Thirty minutes after the investigators left to secure a search warrant for his DNA, he killed himself. An autopsy confirmed his DNA was linked to the murder.
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