EVERETT, Wash. — Court documents released Monday shed new light on the "gum ruse" utilized by Everett police to secure DNA evidence that eventually led to an arrest in a 1984 cold case homicide. In ...
On Jan. 17, three undercover detectives posing as gum industry reps asked Mitchell Gaff to participate in a survey. They were researching gum flavors. Gaff obliged, chewing a piece and then spitting ...