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Stacey Mulick covers Pierce County crime and safety issues for The News Tribune. She’s worked at The News Tribune since May 1998. Contact her at stacey.mulick@thenewstribune.com.

Adam Lynn covers courts as part of the Crime and Breaking News Team at The News Tribune, where he’s worked since 2003. Lynn has spent nearly half of his 21-year career chronicling criminal justice matters in Washington and won reporting awards for his coverage of serial killer Robert Yates. “The Corpse Had a Familiar Face” by renowned Miami Herald reporter Edna Buchanan is among his favorite books. You can contact him at adam.lynn@thenewstribune.com.

Brian Everstine is a night breaking news and general assignment reporter for The News Tribune. The Spokane native arrived in Tacoma in the summer of 2008 and still is adjusting to life on this side of the mountains. He has written for papers in the Tri-Cities and his hometown. Contact him at brian.everstine@thenewstribune.com.

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Go behind the yellow tape with the The News Tribune's Crime & Breaking News Team.
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Posted by Adam Lynn @ 10:44:24 am

The case of Adre'anna Jackson made quite an impression on us here at Lights & Sirens, so much so that you'll notice we have a category devoted to her on this blog.

Stacey, who wrote a great profile of Adre'anna, still keeps the case file on top of her desk, more than a year after the girl's remains were found out in Woodbrook.

She was the first person I thought of when authorities announced last week that Terapon Dang Adhahn was a prime suspect in the death of Zina Linnik.

The effects of her disappearance still linger in Tillicum, too, where most residents keep a closer eye on their children now.

"My three girls are always on lock-down," Tillicum resident Vivian McMillian told us Tuesday after news broke that Adhahn now is being looked at as a person of interest in Adre'anna's death. "Some of the kids have taken to walking to school together in big groups since she died."

McMillian and others are holding out hope that Adhahn's the one who snatched up and killed Adre'anna.

"I hope it is for the fact that whoever killed her needs to be brought to justice," she said.

But McMillian also worries there will be an unintended downside.

"Some of these parents will get lax again," she said. "I wish they'd learn."