Criminal profilers and professional police interrogators, including several members of the Green River Task Force, tell KIRO Team 7 Investigators, they help witnesses remember details from the distant past by trying to put the time period in context to other important events.

August 1985 – Steve Harkins & Ruth Cooper murdered

December 1985 – Michael Riemer & Diana Robertson murdered

Other notable events around that time period:

·     Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker serial killer, was captured in Los Angeles in late August.

·     Top films in theaters were “Back to the Future” and “Rambo”.

·     Delta Airlines flight 191 crashes near Dallas. 137 people die in early August

·     Washington’s Governor was John Spellman. Ronald Reagan was President.

·     Popular songs on the radio included Duran Duran’s “A View to a Kill” and “We Built this City”, by (Jefferson) Starship.

·     Miami Vice and Cheers were among the top 10 TV shows on the air.