Washington State Mysteries

GOLD BAR, Wash. — Authorities say they are working to identify human skeletal remains that were found earlier this month by a fisherman in Snohomish County. The fisherman found a piece of a human skull Dec. 10 along the Skykomish River, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. The county medical examiner’s office tweeted Monday that the discovery happened near Reiter Pit in Gold Bar. Officials are waiting for DNA results as they try to identify the remains. Those results can take several weeks to return, the sheriff’s office said. Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office @SnoCo_ME On Dec. 10, 2018, a fisherman discovered human skeletal remains in the Skykomish River not far from Reiter Pit, Gold Bar, WA. @SnoCoSheriff Deputies recovered the remains & SCMEO is attempting to identify them. For more info, contact @SnoCoSheriff.

Authorities find suitcases with $1 million of meth in Washington forest The value of the seized methamphetamine is estimated at about $1 million. CRIME Author: Megan Carroll Published: 10:25 AM PDT June 19, 2019 Updated: 12:37 PM PDT June 19, 2019 MAZAMA, Wash. – A sergeant with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office and his K-9 partner found two suitcases filled with 186 pounds of methamphetamine in the Okanogan National Forest on Monday. The sheriff’s office assisted the Department of Homeland Security with the air smuggling investigation near Mazama, Wash. Archive is making sure internet history doesn't disappear FEATURED BY Sgt. Gene Davis and K-9 Gunner found the suitcases in an area of the forest covered in heavy brush. According to the sheriff’s office, the value of the seized methamphetamine is estimated at about $1 million. The sheriff’s office says K-9 Gunner was purchased with funds raised by Okanogan County residents. He has been wo...

Edmonds-area man free on bail in cold-case murder June 17, 2019 868 2 Suspect Terrence Miller, right, with defense attorney Laura Martin during his arraignment in April. (Photo by Larry Vogel) Linked through forensic DNA evidence to the 1972 rape and murder of 20-year-old Jody Loomis, Terrence Miller, 77, posted bond and was released on Friday, June 14, from the Snohomish County jail. Charged with first-degree murder, he has pleaded not guilty to the crime. Miller was arrested in April at his home in the 15900 block of 52nd Avenue West, which has an Edmonds post office address but is located in unincorporated Snohomish County. Investigations conducted in the wake of the 47-year-old crime were inconclusive and the case remained unsolved.  Evidence included a semen sample collected from the victim, which has remained in storage in the police crime labs. The case remained cold for decades, but recent advances in forensic DNA technology prompted a new look at the evidence. By c...

Man who confessed to 90 murders indicted in connection with two more Samuel Little, 78, was indicted on Friday in connection with strangulation deaths Authorities identified the two women as Mary Jo Peyton, 21, and Rose Evans, 32 He had already confessed to killing more than 90 women across United States Prosecutors said Little confessed to killing Peyton in 1984 and Evans in 1991 If all 90 confessions are confirmed, Little would be the deadliest known US serial killer, surpassing the likes of Ted Bundy and Green River's Gary Ridgway Samuel Little, 78, who has confessed to killing 90 women across the US was indicted Friday in Ohio for the strangulation deaths of two women decades ago Samuel Little, 78, who has confessed to killing 90 women across the US was indicted Friday in Ohio for the strangulation deaths of two women decades ago A man who has confessed to killing more than 90 women across the US was indicted Friday in Ohio for the strangulation deaths of two women deca...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) – Police in Washington state say new DNA technology has led to the arrest of a man in the murders of a young Canadian couple in western Washington more than three decades ago. The Daily Herald reports 55-year-old William Earl Talbott II of SeaTac was arrested Thursday for investigation of first-degree murder in the deaths of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. His arrest was announced at a news conference Friday in Everett. Talbott was deemed a suspect through a new technique called genetic genealogy, the same used to find the suspected Golden State Killer in California last month. Eighteen-year-old Van Cuylenborg and 20-year-old Cook of British Columbia were found dead in two separate locations after they failed to return home from a visit to the Seattle area in 1987. 2019 KUOW.org 94.9 LISTEN LIVE Search OPEN MENU Jay Cook with a Halloween pumpkin shortly before he was killed in November of 1987. Jay was 20 at the time of his death.Enlarge Icon Jay ...

If you killed a pet cat, you’ve essentially destroyed its owners’ property, so you can be brought up on criminal charges for that. Animal cruelty charges apply. Owners of a pet cat can sue you for the distress you caused them. If you kill a feral cat that is a pest in your area, it is still a crime to kill them in an inhumane manner. Olly, the sixth cat in the string of killings, was left on a front lawn. Thurston County Animal Services Officer Erika Johnson told Q13 that forensics show that the cat was strangled, cut open and her spine extracted. It was a gruesome scene, and it wasn’t the first time authorities had come across such a killing in recent weeks. Olly’s death has been linked to the killings of five other cats in Thurston County and a sixth in Port Angeles. A serial cat killer may be roaming around in Washington. He should be caught and punished before he would commit more heinous crimes. According to Q13 FOX, Thurston County Animal Services Officer...

Body of a Whatcom County woman missing since 2016 found near Verlot | Bellingham Herald LOCAL Body of a Whatcom County woman missing since 2016 found near Verlot BY DAVID RASBACH AND  ROBERT MITTENDORF FEBRUARY 09, 2019 05:00 AM, UPDATED FEBRUARY 09, 2019 06:00 AM The remains of Whatcom County woman Vera Izhevskiy, who has been missing more than two years was recovered last week and positively identified Friday, and her death is being investigated as suspicious. The remains of Whatcom County woman The remains of a Whatcom County woman missing more than two years were recovered last week and positively identified Friday. Her death is being investigated as suspicious. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner, in a tweet, identified the remains found Jan. 30 near Verlot as 25-year-old Vera V. Izhevskiy of Maple Falls. The tweet also said the cause and manner of death are still being investigated. “It’s been a really tough thing for her family to deal with and her f...