• Man convicted of attempted murder in Point Defiance Park stabbing to be sentenced
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    Man convicted of attempted murder in Point Defiance Park stabbing to be sentenced

    May 30, 2026 - By 

    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. …

  • Man to be sentenced in 2022 Georgetown double murder case
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    Man to be sentenced in 2022 Georgetown double murder case

    May 27, 2026 - By 

    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…