Anacortes: The City Of Unsolved Murders -- As Its Combative Chief Steps Down, The City's Police Force Hopes To Restore Credibility And Trust With The Community By Eric Nalder ANACORTES - The Chamber of Commerce says this is an All-American city, but some locals know it as the town where you could get away with murder. Carrie Nibarger, daughter of an ex-assistant fire chief, tells the not-so-funny community joke: "You can kill anybody in Anacortes and get away with it, but have two beers and they'll nail you. The police are good at DWIs." "What is really sad," adds Lori Symonds, "is that people in Anacortes would just as soon call a neighbor or a friend as call the police." Nibarger and Symonds don't trust the local police because, between them, they knew three women who were murdered. Add a 79-year-old man with organized-crime connections who was stabbed to death in 1981, and Anacortes had four unsolved homicides in the 1980
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