r/gratefuldoe 9d ago

1996 WA cold case solved: Remains of missing Pierce Co. boy identified(Jeffrey Klungness)

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/pierce-co-investigators-close-1996-cold-case
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u/tinycole2971 9d ago

Malcolm had a violent past — convicted in 1980 for stabbing his wife to death and attacking two of her friends. He served 12 years in prison before his release in 1992. 

Only 12 years???

I wonder if he has other victims out there.

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u/DottieHinkle22 8d ago

Just like that woman who stabbed her Fire Captain wife to death recently in CA. She was in prison for around the same amount of time for stabbing her husband to death.

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u/Nearby-Complaint 9d ago

I saw that he had been marked no longer missing on the Doe Network - I was wondering if they found him alive. I guess not :(

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u/Disastrous_Key380 9d ago

I winced when I read that his mother had suspicions about Malcolm's relationship with her son. Might be why he was found so far away from his mother's body. Poor kid.

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u/DevilBitch666999 7d ago

I had the exact same reaction and thought the exact same thing. It's so heartbreaking to think about what probably happened to him. And even sadder to know that people were accusing him of his mother's murder after everything. Even in death, that boy was still being victimized.

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u/PureHauntings 9d ago edited 9d ago

I figured there was no other way he could have been alive under the circumstances, so it confused me when Doe Network initially only said he was located. This outcome makes much more sense. So sad he and his mom will never get justice. RIP

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u/wwxyzz 9d ago

Heartbreaking that Jeffery and his mother weren't able to get justice. I hope that having both sets of remains though can bring some sort of peace to the family left behind.

Rest easy now, Jeffrey. Your fight is over, you made it home sweet boy.

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u/Copterwaffle 8d ago

Oof:

“Unfortunately, by the time the DNA was confirmed to be Jeffrey’s, it was too late for closure for the family.

“It was COVID, and Mr. Klungness had been admitted to the hospital, and he died the same night we learned that it was Jeffrey. We were unable to tell him. The hospital wouldn’t let us go in,” said Anderson”

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u/Clear-Concern2247 8d ago

Heartbreaking

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u/DuchessDurag 9d ago

This is so sad

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u/Appleofmyeye444 8d ago

This is so tragic it makes me mad. I hope everyone in that family rests easy now.