Nicholas Matthew, convicted of attempted murder in a 2024 stabbing attack at Point Defiance Park, faces sentencing after a jury found him guilty. TACOMA, Wash. — A man convicted of attempting to murder a woman during an attack at Point Defiance Park is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. A jury found Nicholas Matthew guilty of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the February 2024 attack. Testimony during the trial detailed a violent assault on a park trail. The victim told jurors Matthew held a knife to her throat and repeatedly threatened her life. This story continues below. …
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Jorge Alcantara-Gonzalez is charged with murder and first-degree robbery in the disappearance of Ian Eckles, who vanished during a hunting trip in 2020. CLE ELUM, Wash. — A GPS watch, fragments of window stickers and a trail of blood evidence helped investigators build the murder case against the man charged with killing a Kent man who vanished during a hunting trip more than six years ago, according to newly filed court documents. Jorge Oma Alcantara-Gonzalez, 40, was charged this week in Kittitas County Superior Court with murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of Ian…
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Kyle Adler, who was born Marcos Antonio Navarrete in Chile, discovered his true identity after being adopted as a baby under Pinochet’s regime. DENVER — A Denver man spent most of his life not knowing his real name — or his real mother. Kyle Adler, who was taken from his family in Chile at just 9 months old, reunited with his birth mother in February 2026 after years of searching, finally finding answers to questions that had followed him his entire life. This story continues below. Adler was born Marcos Antonio Navarrete in Chile before being sold…
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Robert Anthony Trevino, 22, was charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault April 30. Following the issuing of a warrant, Trevino was arrested May 27. RENTON, Wash. — A man has been charged and arrested in connection with a fatal 2023 crash involving a school bus in Renton. Robert Anthony Trevino, 22, was charged April 30 with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Trevino was initially arrested at the time of the crash on suspicion of driving under the influence on Dec. 19, 2023. Trevino was re-booked Wednesday in the King County Jail on the vehicular homicide and assault charges, according…
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The 43-year-old suspect is being held without bail in the Clallam County Jail pending extradition. PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Police in Port Angeles arrested a man wanted in a double homicide that occurred in North Carolina in 2008. The suspect, 43-year-old Johnny S. Talbert was taken into custody in Washington on May 12 after the Concord Police Department obtained a extraditable warrant for his arrest. He is being held without bail in the Clallam County Jail pending extradition, law enforcement officials said. This story continues below. Talbert is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one…
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John Williams, 45, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree with deadly weapons enhancements in November 2022. SEATTLE — A Seattle man is set to be sentenced Tuesday for the 2022 murders of a 55-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man in the city’s Georgetown neighborhood. John Marcel Williams, 45, was charged in November 2022 with two counts of first-degree murder, each with a deadly weapon enhancement. He was found guilty on both counts, including the enhancements, in March 2026. This story continues below. On Oct. 30, 2022, a 911 caller reported two people…
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Nick Jogolev died this past weekend while hiking the Manitou Incline. His family is remembering him as a loving father and husband. CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A man’s family is remembering him as a loving father and husband after he died this past weekend while hiking the Manitou Incline — one of Colorado’s most challenging hiking trails. Coral Jogolev said her husband, 48-year-old Nick Jogolev, was a gentle giant, introverted and very smart. Most of all, he was a great dad to their blended family of seven, now all missing him so much. “His kids were his world,” she said.…
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A man died after arriving at a Tacoma hospital with stab wounds, prompting a homicide investigation by police. TACOMA, Wash. — A man died after arriving at a hospital with stab wounds Sunday night, prompting a homicide investigation in Tacoma, according to police. Just before 8:30 p.m., officers with the Tacoma Police Department responded to a local hospital after receiving reports of a possible stabbing victim who arrived in a personal vehicle. Police said the adult male victim died at the hospital. Officers later located a crime scene in the 1200 block of South M Street. Detectives and crime scene…
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Grant County Sheriff’s Office said new information in the five-year-old murder case led to the arrest of two, who were teenagers at the time of the alleged crime. MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) said their deputies arrested two people in connection to the 2021 shooting death of Kristopher Vincent. According to GCSO, investigators charged Melquiades Manuel Benavidez of Moses Lake and Gilberto Sanchez Medina of Mattawa with first-degree murder and drive-by shooting. This story continues below. GCSO investigators said Sanchez and Benavidez were driving along Airway Drive NE on May 26, 2021, they…
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Marco Antonio Herrera, 44, has been arrested and charged with the 2022 death of Jeremy Gurtner, who was found in the Columbia River Slough. PORTLAND, Ore. — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a four-year homicide investigation regarding a man found dead in the Columbia River Slough. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said detectives and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Marco Antonio Herrera, 44, at a Portland residence Friday morning. Officers took him into custody without incident, and Herrera was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center and is currently being held without bail. …