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SEATTLE powered by Wunderground Logo CLOSE NEWS Part 2: Missing-person cases are routinely ignored By LISE OLSEN AND LEWIS KAMB, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS | February 17, 2003 Jim Lowry, 88, is the oldest inmate in the Washington state correctional system. He is doing time for attempted murder and authorities say he is a suspect in two missing-person cases. He is shown here in the Ahtanum View Correctional Complex, a Department of Corrections assisted-living center in Yakima. Photo: Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photo: Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer IMAGE 1 OF 4 Jim Lowry, 88, is the oldest inmate in the Washington state correctional system. He is doing time for attempted murder and authorities say he is a suspect in two missing-person cases. He is shown here in the ... more The locals knew something was wrong when the Hindmans' red Ford convertible was parked all night long at the Big Y Cafe in Dryden. Police later found blood on...

MENU The Stranger COPS Sheriff Blocks Oversight Agency From Looking at Police Misconduct Allegations by Lester Black • Oct 18, 2018 at 8:45 am     submit to reddit Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht (left) stands with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and SPD Chief Carmen Best in July of this year. Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht (left) stands with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and SPD Chief Carmen Best in July of this year. LESTER BLACK The King County Sheriff’s Office (KSCO) has blocked its independent oversight agency from accessing the county’s database of misconduct complaints. Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht’s chief of staff, Liz Rocca, confirmed that the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight (OLEO) has been blocked from accessing the database since Oct. 5. Rocca said that OLEO’s director and staff was blocked from accessing the database after the sheriff’s office discovered they didn’t have the appropriate background checks and fingerprint data. ...