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Ann Marie Rice, 19, was found shot to death on March 17, 1989, on Bainbridge Island, Washington, alongside two male companions, Ty McCullough, 18, and JayDee Phillips, 22. All three victims were inside Ty McCullough’s pickup on a remote logging road near Port Blakely; each had been fatally wounded by a .22-caliber handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun. The trio had last been seen the evening of March 16, 1989, and were discovered the next day by a resident who came upon the vehicle while driving an ATV and, sensing something was wrong, approached it.

The investigation produced conflicting leads. An inmate, Douglas Stanfield, later implicated himself and Robert Welsh in inconsistent statements; Welsh was charged, released, re-arrested, and finally cleared when phone records placed him on a call in Spokane about the time of the killings. Stanfield pleaded guilty under a deal to first-degree murder for JayDee Phillips and second-degree murder for Ty McCollough, while the murder charge for Ann Marie Rice was dismissed. Authorities believe Stanfield did not act alone and continue to seek any other accomplices.

Did anyone know these victims or have information about who else might have been involved?