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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. ...

Skip to content Alex Jones' InfoWars THE ALEX JONES RADIO SHOW LISTEN NOWWATCH NOW       SEATTLE POLICE TO ROLL OUT SURVEILLANCE DRONES WITH INFRARED CAMERAS OCTOBER 25, 2012 Department vows not to use unmanned craft “randomly” Steve Watson Infowars.com Oct 25, 2012 The Seattle Police Department plans to deploy unmanned surveillance drones over the city as it has become one of the first law enforcement agencies in the US to be granted permission by the federal government to do so. The unmanned craft will be fitted with surveillance cameras and an infrared “eye” that can see in the dark. Officers planning to parade the drones tonight during a public presentation will display a Draganflyer X-6 drone weighing 4.5 pounds. The drone can travel up to 30 mph and can fly as high as 8,000 feet. Privacy and civil rights concerns have been raised by the move, prompting police to issue a draft operating policy manual that states: “...

  A team of cold-case investigators claim they’ve decoded a 1972 message by D.B. Cooper — and that it contains a confession from Vietnam veteran Robert Rackstraw, long suspected of being the infamous skyjacker. The letter was addressed to “The Portland Oregonian Newspaper.” Months earlier, a man identified as the fictitious Cooper had hijacked a Seattle-bound flight and later parachuted out of a plane with $200,000, never to be heard from again. D.B. Cooper cold case team accuses FBI of stonewalling, lying for decades » A team of cold-case investigators claim they’ve decoded a 1972 message by D.B. Cooper — and that it contains a confession from Vietnam veteran Robert Rackstraw, long suspected of being the infamous skyjacker. A team of cold-case investigators claim they’ve decoded a 1972 message by D.B. Cooper — and that it contains a confession from Vietnam veteran Robert Rackstraw, long suspected of being the infamous skyj...

Washington State Fusion Center accidentally releases records on remote mind control As part of a request for records on Antifa and white supremacist groups, WSFC inadvertently bundles in “EM effects on human body.zip” Written by Curtis Waltman Edited by JPat Brown When you send thousands of FOIA requests, you are bound to get some very weird responses from time to time. Recently, we here at MuckRock had one of our most bizarre gets yet - Washington State Fusion Center’s accidental release of records on the effects of remote mind control. As part of my ongoing project looking at fusion centers’ investigations into Antifa and various white supremacist groups, I filed a request with the WSFC. I got back many standard documents in response, including emails, intelligence briefings and bulletins, reposts from other fusion centers - and then there was one file titled “EM effects on human body.zip.” Hmmm. What could that be? What does EM stand for and ...

-- BREAKING NEWS Human remains found by work crew in Snohomish May 10, 2018 (SNOHOMISH, WA.) – The Snohomish County Sheriff’s office says a crew cleaning up roadside litter Wednesday afternoon found what appeared to be human remains near the intersection of Downes Road and Fales Road near State Route 522. “Detectives with the Major Crimes and Collision Investigation Units responded around 3 p.m. and recovered the unidentified remains,” said sheriff’s office Communications Director Shari Ireton. “Gender and age of the person were undetermined. Also recovered was a suitcase and a blanket. Identification of the deceased will be determined by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner, as well as cause and manner of death. There was no mention by the sheriff’s office if any indications of foul play were present at the recovery scene. UPDATE REMAINS FOUND WERE JAMIE HAGGERTY Officials said the remains were found near Downes Road and Fales Road on May 9. Deputies said a crew cleaning up...

FBI reviewing case of Muslim teen found hanging from tree MAR 3, 2017 11:45 AM EST CRIMESIDER BY CRIMESIDER STAFF / CBS NEWS 1aben.jpg Ben Keita GoFundMe.com LAKE STEVENS, Wash. – The FBI is reviewing the death of an 18-year-old Muslim high school student whose body was found hanging from a tree near his home, reports CBS affiliate KIRO. Ben Keita disappeared from his home in Lake Stevens, north of Seattle, on Nov. 26 and his body was founded in a wooded area in January. According to a statement issued Thursday, Lake Stevens Police say that Keita had not gone to work the day before his disappearance and had not gone to school for about three weeks prior. Initially, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner concluded he committed suicide, but after his family pressed, the ME changed the cause of death to undetermined. According to the station, the ME’s report gives two reasons for the change -- a K-9 search of the same area weeks earlier failed to find his body,...