Friday, April 11, 2008

15-year-old Burien girl arrested in connection with stabbing death of Kent man

By Seattle Times staff

King County sheriff's investigators have arrested a 15-year-old Burien girl for investigation of homicide in connection with the stabbing death of a 49-year-old Kent man on April 4.

Deputies were called to the man's home on Tuesday to check on him, said sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart. Deputies found the man slain in the garage, with apparent stab wounds.

Investigators tested fingerprints on a knife found near the man's body and the print came back to the girl, Urquhart said.

The King County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating the slaying, but is still trying to identify the man.

The girl, who is being held at the King County Youth Service Center, has had "numerous contacts" with police in the past, including an arrest for prostitution, Urquhart said. She was arrested on Thursday.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Two arrested in fatal stabbing outside bar

P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

SPANAWAY -- Two men have been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a man outside a bar in Spanaway, southeast of Tacoma.

A motorcycle gang is being blamed for the death of the 39-year-old Spanaway man late Saturday night in the parking lot of The Bullseye Sports Lounge.

Pierce County sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer said the man reportedly argued with a group at the bar and was jumped by several men in the parking lot. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.

Troyer said the killers apparently fled on three motorcycles and in a 1980s gold sedan. Two men were arrested Sunday, and an online jail roster shows that Barry Ford and Mike Robert McCreven were booked Sunday night for investigation of first-degree murder.

Woman charged in man's drug death

P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

MOUNT VERNON -- A 19-year-old Mount Vernon woman has been charged with providing a lethal mix of cocaine and heroin to a 52-year-old man.

According to court documents, Patrick Brady of Stanwood was found dead Feb. 23 in a Mount Vernon hotel room with syringes and needles. Brady had injection marks on his arm.

Tarah Lynn Deutsch will be arraigned April 10 on charges of controlled substance homicide, second-degree manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance.

Deutsch had been arrested Feb. 27 on unrelated charges.

Deutsch told police she bought heroin and cocaine that they both injected, and Brady was alive when she left the room.