murder Section

Killer Of Burien Woman Loses Stay Of Execution, Could Die In September

Killer Of Burien Woman Loses Stay Of Execution, Could Die In September

The state Supreme Court has lifted a stay of execution for Cal Coburn Brown, who was convicted of torturing and killing Holly Washa, 22, a Burien woman, in 1991. He could be executed as early as September... [Read more]

Reward Doubled To $10,000 In Burien Man’s Homicide At Good Time Ernie’s

Reward Doubled To $10,000 In Burien Man’s Homicide At Good Time Ernie’s

The family of deceased Burien man Mark Ebinger (pictured, left), 25, who was stabbed to death outside Good Time Ernie’s last November, has increased the reward offered to $10,000 in hopes of generating... [Read more]

After 4 Years, Nicole Pietz Homicide Case Remains Unsolved; Reward At $36,000

After 4 Years, Nicole Pietz Homicide Case Remains Unsolved; Reward At $36,000

This week marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Nicole Pietz, who was last seen at her Lynnwood home by her husband on January 27, 2006. The body of Pietz, 32, was found strangled Feb. 6, 2006,... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From Memorial For Slain 15-Year Old Burien Girl

PHOTOS: Scenes From Memorial For Slain 15-Year Old Burien Girl

Story & Photos by Scott Schaefer On the busy 12400 block of Ambaum Blvd., a quiet, makeshift memorial stands as a tribute to Mikarah Nasabreo Sanders, the 15-year old girl who was shot and killed by... [Read more]

$5,000 Offered For Info Leading To Arrest & Conviction In Goodtime Ernie's Killing

$5,000 Offered For Info Leading To Arrest & Conviction In Goodtime Ernie's Killing

Story & Photos by Scott Schaefer It must’ve been the absolute toughest Christmas ever for the Ebinger family of Burien, as they had to celebrate without their son Mark, 25, who was fatally stabbed... [Read more]

Brother Of Goodtime Ernie's Murder Victim To Speak Out, Offer Reward

Brother Of Goodtime Ernie's Murder Victim To Speak Out, Offer Reward

The King County Sheriff’s Department alerts us that Peter K. Ebinger, 24, the brother of Mark K. Ebinger, 25, who was the victim of a fatal stabbing at Burien’s Goodtime Ernie’s last... [Read more]

Des Moines Killer Pleads Guilty, Gets Life For 2001 Slayings

Des Moines Killer Pleads Guilty, Gets Life For 2001 Slayings

On Tuesday (Nov. 17th), Leemah Carneh, the man accused of murdering an elderly couple and two teens at a Des Moines home in 2001, pleaded guilty to murder. Carneh, 28, pleaded guilty to four counts of... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Memorial Outside Goodtime Ernie’s

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Memorial Outside Goodtime Ernie’s

Sad scene outside Burien’s Goodtime Ernie’s this weekend, as a makeshift memorial has been built for the young man who was the victim of an early morning stabbing death last Thursday, Nov.... [Read more]

UPDATE: Bad Time At Goodtime Ernies As Man Killed In Double Stabbing

UPDATE: Bad Time At Goodtime Ernies As Man Killed In Double Stabbing

According to King County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart, a bar fight at closing time at Burien’s Goodtime Ernie’s Sports Bar & Grill Thursday morning (Nov. 12th)... [Read more]

Man Who Shot And Killed Area Native Tom Pfaeffle Flees, Leaves Behind Bizarre “Good-Bye” Letter

Man Who Shot And Killed Area Native Tom Pfaeffle Flees, Leaves Behind Bizarre “Good-Bye” Letter

According to The Wenatchee World, Kino Michael Gomez, 51, who was charged with first-degree murder in the July shooting of sound engineer and Des Moines native Tom Pfaeffle, has fled and is being sought... [Read more]

Des Moines Killer Heading To Trial For 1st Degree Murder

Des Moines Killer Heading To Trial For 1st Degree Murder

After more than eight years, Leemah Carneh appears headed for trial on four counts of aggravated first-degree murder in one of the most brutal crimes ever in Des Moines. Carneh, who was 19 at the time,... [Read more]

Police Still Seeking Help Finding Suspect Vehicle In Fatal June Shooting

Police Still Seeking Help Finding Suspect Vehicle In Fatal June Shooting

On Friday (July 24th), the King County Sheriff’s Department released the surveillance photo below of the car driven by suspects in the June 24th shooting that left an 18 year-old man dead in SeaTac: The... [Read more]

Murdered Sound Engineer Tom Pfaeffle Was An Area Native

Murdered Sound Engineer Tom Pfaeffle Was An Area Native

by Janet Grella By now many of our Readers have heard about the death of Tom Pfaeffle, a noted sound engineer who was recently killed in Twisp, when he apparently put his hotel room key into the wrong... [Read more]

UPDATE: SeaTac Shooting Victim Dies

UPDATE: SeaTac Shooting Victim Dies

Monday morning, the King County Sheriff’s Office announced that the driver of the Cadillac who was shot last Tuesday at South 188th and International Blvd. in SeaTac, died overnight at Harborview... [Read more]

Suspect In Tukwila Shooting Found Hiding In Memphis Closet

Suspect In Tukwila Shooting Found Hiding In Memphis Closet

According to Memphis-based news website Commercial Appeal, police arrested Gary Lipsey, the suspect in the shooting death of Kevin Camacho, 24, at the Spruce Motel last Monday (March 16th).

Lipsey, 28, was arrested at around 11:15pm Friday night by officers who found him hiding in a closet in a home in North Memphis.

Lipsey is now being held and is awaiting extradition on murder charges in Camacho’s homicide.

Burien Woman’s Killer Granted Stay Of Execution

Burien Woman’s Killer Granted Stay Of Execution

According to The Seattle TImes, a stay of execution was granted today to Cal Coburn Brown, the convicted 1991 killer of Burien’s Holly Washa. Washington State Supreme Court judges voted 5-4 to grant... [Read more]

Killer Of Burien Woman Scheduled To Be Executed Friday

Killer Of Burien Woman Scheduled To Be Executed Friday

On Wednesday, a judge turned down an attempted stay of execution for Cal Coburn Brown, a man convicted of the 1991 rape, torture and murder of Holly Washa, 22, of Burien. Brown carjacked Washa, then held... [Read more]

2nd Annual “UpChuck” Moore Benefit At The Barrel Feb. 21st

2nd Annual “UpChuck” Moore Benefit At The Barrel Feb. 21st

The photo above is of deceased area resident Charles “UpChuck” Moore, who was tragically murdered by his stepson in 2005. The second-annual Benefit for Families and Friends of Violent Crimes... [Read more]

Unusual Diamond Leads To 1996 Killer Of Burien Man

Unusual Diamond Leads To 1996 Killer Of Burien Man

The Seattle Times reports that an unusual diamond that once belonged to Burien resident Robert Wykel lead to the arrest of Myron Clark Wynn in Wykel’s 1996 murder. Wynn is now being held on $1 million... [Read more]