Tara Munsey, 16, disappeared on January 25, 2000, after completing a shift at a Taco Bell in Fairlawn, Virginia.

“We can match a shell casing to a particular gun at a crime ... more than 20 cartridge casings were recovered on the property. Forensic Analysts used NIBIN technology to process the cartridge ...

We were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in Midtown ... on the water bottle are the first positive forensic match tying him to the scene where Thompson was gunned ...

Jeff Thomas is serving a life sentence without parole at Keen Mountain Correctional Center in Virginia. He was found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Tara Munsey in Pulaski County in 2000.