The King County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in a cold case that is more than 20 years old.
Sarah Yarborough was a 16-year-old honor student when she was raped and murdered Dec. 14, 1991, near Federal Way High School.
She was last seen leaving her home to go to a high school dance competition. Her car was found in the school parking lot and her body was discovered in a wooded area on campus later that day.
>>Related: Detectives hope new sketches will help find Sarah Yarborough's killer
%
%
The suspect in the case is 55-year-old Patrick Leon Nicholas, according to police. He was booked into the King County Jail Wednesday night.
The day of the murder, witnesses worked with investigators to help create a sketch of a potential suspect seen shortly before Yarborough's body was found, partially hidden, near the school's tennis courts.
Scroll down to continue reading.
>>Related: Local detectives look to new DNA technology to solve decades-old murders
Last year, a company called Parabon Nanolabs used DNA markers and genetics to create a series of composite sketches to predict what Yarborough's killer may have looked like at ages 18 and 25, and how he may look today.
Cox Media Group
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/03-07-2024/t_a04eea43993e4d4a91177d329640b460_name_Tran_6p_Everett_Woman_homicide_LL_pkg_frame_22938.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/NYVRWY47SFB65FDAQYA23H7SPQ.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/V5TWF6CJAZFXBLDTZXOE47OMN4.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/3BS7G5MQWFBX3BFDTNRKEQQVWY.jpg)
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/03-19-2024/t_1ebc3aaf80db4d5ab8d13e4288cc85b7_name_file_960x540_1200_v3_1_.jpg)