SEATTLE — A wheelchair-bound woman with cerebral palsy who was robbed by two men at Northgate Mall says she is overwhelmed and appreciative of all the concern and support she’s gotten since the attack.

“I think people realize if these guys would target someone like me, that they would target anybody and they needed to be taken off the street,” Carolyn said.

Carolyn and her husband. who is also in wheelchair. were huddled together talking and waiting for an Access bus home to their assisted living facility on  Aug. 22 in the mall when two suspects started stalking them.

Shortly after ‘Washington’s Most Wanted’ aired the video of the two thieves stealing her Nook tablet, Seattle police arrested a 17-year-old suspect.

“It was scary when it happened and it was scary when I saw it again and it was a little bit scarier because I realized how close they were and that they were actually targeting me,” she said.

If there is one thing Carolyn wants people to know, it’s that she believes God had a hand in what happened to her. She is praying the teenager’s capture will help turn his life around.

The teen told detectives he was high and not in his right mind when he stole the tablet.

“I’m hoping that he has enough consequences that he gets held accountable and that he can see what he’s done wrong and hopefully that he will change his life around — but I can only do what I can do and he’s responsible for his own behavior,” she said Wednesday.

King County prosecutors charged the teen as a juvenile and he’s getting drug treatment in jail.

Carolyn says telling her story made her feel good that she’s standing up for herself.

“What I think people can learn is just to be more aware of your surroundings and to be kind to each other and watch out for other people and try to rise above whatever happens to you,” she said.

Her husband bought her a new Nook tablet and she says she has everything she needs.  She is grateful for everyone who offered to buy her a new one.

Carolyn does have one request though.

“What people can do for me is they can keep their eyes open for the second suspect because he’s still at large.”

If you know the identity of the suspect, seen in the surveillance video in the gray pants and black hoodie, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-tips.

A sketch of one of four suspects released by the King County Sheriff’s Office.

KING COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a home invasion robbery at a small marijuana grow operation where four suspects entered the house and assaulted the homeowners.

According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, officers were called at 6:10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 2nd to the 4000 block of South 272 Street in unincorporated King County near Kent with reports of a burglary.

When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered not a burglary, but a home invasion robbery. According to sheriff’s deputies, four black males entered the home, fired at least two guns and assaulted two people inside. The suspects fled into a car nearby.

The two victims suffered minor injuries, deputies said.

It appears the robbers were after money inside the home, which was harboring a small marijuana grow intended for personal use. The suspects did get away with a small bit of money, officers said.

A K9 track led officers to an area where it is believed the suspects got into a car and left.

Police said the home was targeted for its marijuana grow, and the general public is not at risk.

King County sheriff’s deputies are still investigating the incident.

If you can help identify the suspect or provide any additional information on the home invasion, you’re asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

OKANOGAN, Wash — Two teenagers wanted for questioning in the death of the girl’s uncle were found Monday and taken into custody south of Eugene, Ore., the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said.

At about 3:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office was “notified by Oregon authorities that they had located the stolen pickup from the homicide scene and had also located the two missing teenagers.

“Both of the teenagers have been taken into custody at this time for the stolen vehicle,” the sheriff’s office said. “Detectives from Okanogan Sheriff’s Office are en route to Oregon to make contact with law enforcement there.

The two teenagers — a girl and boy — were located south of Eugene, Ore., the office said.

“Okanogan deputies and Washington State Patrol Crime Lab are still at the location of the murder, processing the scene,” it added.

The sheriff’s office called the two 16-year-olds “persons of interest” in the death of the girl’s uncle.

On Sunday night, Okanogan County deputies found the body of 39-year-old Patrick Alltus — Alltus’ uncle — of Riverside in his residence at 151 Hosheit Road.

Officers are treating it as a murder investigation.

PORT ANGELES — Murder suspect Ari King was arrested Wednesday in Oregon, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities had been searching for King, 41, as a person of interest in the murder of Diane Cunningham. She was found bludgeoned to death earlier this year in her mobile home in Joyce, Washington.

Investigators found King living under a bridge with his dog in a remote area of central Oregon less than 20 miles from where Cunningham’s car was recovered in early October.

Detectives found King after traveling from Clallam County to Oregon on Tuesday to search for leads on his whereabouts.

Investigators received tips from workers at a café in Juntura, Oregon that King had been seen in the area recently.

With assistance from officials from the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, King was located and arrested on probable cause for murder.

Christopher Robin Hood

SEATTLE — Seattle police are asking for the public’s help finding Christopher Robin Hood. King County Prosecutors have charged him with a terrifying domestic violence crime.

Hood will be held on a $1 million bail when caught. Detectives say he forced his way into a woman’s apartment, covered her mouth to muffle her screams, wrapped a shirt around a handgun that he pulled out of his waistband and pointed the firearm to her head.

The victim continued struggling and knocked the shirt off the gun. He then allegedly struck her three times in the head with the butt of the gun before pointing the barrel at her head again.

Detectives say he also threatened to shoot anyone that came in the apartment in response to her screams. Hood fled the apartment when a neighbor’s dog started barking loudly.

Police say he if he is convicted he will go to prison for good because he has two prior violent felony convictions. This would be his third strike.

His prior felony convictions are tampering wth a domestic violence witness, VUCSA, assault 2, rape 3, and two counts of taking motor vehicle without permission.

He may be driving a white Chevy Malibu with WA License 411-ZXQ.

If you know where he is, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). There is cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest.

BOTHELL — An armed robber ordered a Hazelnut Latte before pulling a handgun and demanding all the money in the cash register last Thursday at a Bothell coffee stand.

His first hit was at Kemp’s Coffee in the 18800 block of Bothell Everett Highway in Bothell.

One week later, Snohomish County Detectives say he robbed Calling The Shots, another coffee stand just down the road from Kemp’s.

Investigators are hoping someone recognizes his face from surveillance video which shows a young Asian man approach the window and order a coffee. Then when the barista turned to make it, he backed out of the window and put on a bandana and distinct white sunglasses.

When she turned back, the suspect had his backpack on the counter and was pointing a gun at her. He gestured with the weapon to get her to hurry. She put the money in his backpack and he took off running.

“I’m guessing that he may be living in and around this area in Bothell,” said Det. Collin Ainsworth.

Det. Ainsworth thinks the gunman may have been after drug money.

“They are just going into where they think they can get in, get out, get some cash, go to their drug dealer and get the drugs that they need because what they call it is ‘dope sick,'” he said.

The armed robber is described as a young Asian man who may have escaped from the second heist on a bicycle.

If you recognize, him or can tell Det. Ainsworth anything about the suspect, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

All calls are anonymous and there is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest.

RENTON — Renton police are searching for at least three suspects accused of using Starbucks gift cards taken during an armed robbery at the Hilton Gardens Hotel at 1801 East Valley Road.

Investigators say the cards were in a small lock box that was stolen.

The next day, these men were caught on surveillance camera using the cards at a Starbucks inside a Safeway store.

Detectives say they spoke a foreign language to each other during the robbery and could be East African.

A robbery witness said two of them looked very similar so they could be brothers.

If you know any of their names, Crime Stoppers will pay you up to $1,000 for the information. Call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) anonymously.

Photos provided by and used with family’s permission.

SEATTLE — The owners of a Seattle donut shop were beaten and robbed as they went home for the night, according to Seattle police.

Detectives said Chea Pol and her husband Heng Hay were attacked after closing King’s Donuts on the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Friday. As they went to get into their car and drive home, a man opened the car door, grabbed the woman’s purse, and punched her in the face repeatedly.

Police said the suspect took the purse and ran from the scene. Medics treated the woman and transported her to the hospital. Her husband was also injured.

Officers were not able to locate the suspect who was described as a black man in his 20s or 30s, 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-8, with a slim build — wearing a black jacket, black pants and a black baseball hat.

The suspect also got away with a diamond pendant that has sentimental value to the victims.

Police collected evidence and robbery detectives are investigating.

If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.

TACOMA — Detectives are asking for your help finding out who shot and killed a young mother and left her body in an alley exactly two years ago.

Tyliah Young

22-year-old Tyliah Young was shot in the head multiple times. It was the first homicide of 2013 in Tacoma.

Her father reported her missing two days before she was found in an alley off S. Ainsworth Avenue near Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood.

Young had two daughters, ages five and seven.

“We’ve worked a couple of possible different suspects and hopefully it’s just going to take that one additional tip that gets us what we need in order to make an arrest,” said Officer Loretta Cool with Tacoma Police.

Detectives specifically want to know who she was with and what she was doing between January 5th and 13th.

“We want the public to know that this is still an active and ongoing investigation, that we have tracked down all the leads that have already come in,” Cool said. “We’re hoping that there are more out there. No one should have to end their life that way and we would like to bring some resolution to her family and make sure the person responsible for this crime is put away.”

If you have any information that can help solve this young mother’s murder, call an anonymous tip into:
CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS

You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.

CLICK HERE for information on how to TEXT A TIP to Crime Stoppers

You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

Renton police later released this photo of the suspect after, they said, he had changed clothes. (Photo: Renton Police Dept.)

RENTON — A man slit a 23-year-old video store clerk’s throat during a robbery Wednesday morning in Renton. A suspect was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

Officers received calls of a stabbing and robbery around 11 a.m. at a Game Stop in the 200 block of South 2nd Street in downtown.

The suspect entered a store,  Renton police said, walked behind the counter and held a knife to the female clerk. He then slit her throat and took all the money from the cash register before fleeing the store, police said.

The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center, where she was listed in serious condition.

Renton High School and St. Anthony School were placed on precautionary lockdown while police looked for the suspect.

UPDATE Jan. 15, 2015 — 

Lowell Lowe called 911 and turned himself in to Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday night. He is being booked into the Snohomish County Jail.

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The Department of Corrections is searching for a convicted murderer who failed to report for supervision.

Lowell G. Lowe, 52, pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder on May 20, 2003.

Lowell Lowe (Dept. of Corrections photo)

According to the Everett Herald, Lowe fatally stabbed his roommate, 58-year-old Gerald Schindler who had taken in the homeless man to try to help him. Lowe was reportedly high on methamphetamine, had been drinking, and was off his medication for schizophrenia at the time of the murder.

Corrections officials said Lowe completed his sentence on July 9, 2013. He has been jailed five times since then for supervision violations, most recently in August.

Lowe is described as 5-foot-8, 180-pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

If you have any information, call an anonymous tip into:

CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS

You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.

CLICK HERE for information on how to TEXT A TIP to Crime Stoppers

TRI-CITIES, Wash. — Robert Pyke is wanted in the Tri-Cities after getting shot in the face last year and partially blinded when he decided to “beat up” someone instead of killing them.

Officers say the victim was able to reach a mini-shotgun loaded with rock salt and fired in self-defense causing Pyke’s facial injuries.

He has pending charges for Felony Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 2nd Degree and a count of Assault 2nd Degree with a Deadly Weapon.

Pyke is a high violent offender with a long criminal history in Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. He has convictions for domestic violence assault, assault 4th degree, theft, theft 3rd degree, bail jumping, escape, criminal trespass, possession of a stolen vehicle and harassment.

Officers say he thinks he is a master of deception but in truth is a hardcore felon.

He even lied to the State of Arizona Jail in Maricopa County and managed to get booked on a new felony under his brother’s name. Pyke’s DOC Officer in Washington found out though and put a stop to his scheme.

“Over the course of three weeks, Pyke was in custody in the Maricopa County Jail in Arizona. He had the courts, the prosecutor’s office, the attorneys, the sheriff’s department, everyone convinced that it was not him, that he was his brother in an effort to try and get released,” said Ofc. Emily Isaacs with the Department of Corrections. “Obviously, it didn’t work to his favor. They ended up finding out who he was.”

If you know where Pyke is, Crime Stoppers will pay you a cash reward of up to $1,000. Call the hotline anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.

MONROE, Wash. — About 500 runners gathered at Sky River Park on a foggy Sunday morning in Monroe for the 4^th Annual Jayme Biendl Memorial 5k Walk/Run.

The event raises money for the Behind the Badge Foundation and honors Biendl who worked as a correctional officer at the Monroe Correction Complex until she was murdered by an inmate in 2011.

Biendl’s father and Monroe Sgt. Brian Johnston addressed the crowd and helped kick off the 5K.  Several officers including Sgt. Eric Bunday from Hillsboro, Oregon Police ran the race in full uniform.

Ginger “Mama” Passarelli and the Soup Ladies fed the crowd a hot meal.

The Washington’s Most Wanted Charger was parked at the finish line along with several police vehicles.

Behind the Badge Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides support to Washington state’s law enforcement agencies, families and communities after an officer has died or suffered serious injury in the line of duty.

If you would like to donate, click here.

SEATTLE — Seattle Police are trying to identify a woman who conned her way into an apartment building, then went floor to floor searching for packages to steal.

On January 18th, she tricked a tenant at Mercer View Apartments into letting her in by telling them her mom lived there.

Surveillance video shows her waiting in the lobby for ten minutes before taking the elevator to various floors.

She returned to the lobby and cut open six packages that had been left for tenants. She took a hair brush from one package, an unknown piece of Netgear equipment from another and an unknown item from a third package.

“This is one apartment building. You can imagine she’s probably doing this all over town,” said Ret. Det. Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound.

The woman was spotted again on Jan. 23rd in the area on a bicycle. She’s described as white, in her 20’s, 5’4” with blond hair. She was carrying a red backpack and purple handbag.

If you know her name, call the hotline anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS. There is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to her arrest.

SEATTLE — Nearly 500 hundred people jumped into the chilly waters of Puget Sound to raise money for Special Olympics Washington.

Polar Plungers braved the wind, rain and cold Saturday at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park.

Q13 FOX News anchor and Washington’s Most Wanted host David Rose took part in the event along with 100 local police officers, the Seahawks Blue Thunder drumline and many others.

“We like to have a good time, but we want to do good things for everybody. Why not come out and have fun and make everybody else feel a bit better,” said ‘Nearly Nekkid Norweigans’ captain Erik Johnson.

The frigid dive helped raise more than $130,000 for Special Olympics.

The next Polar Plunge is February 21st at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.

Jason Sumey in February 2015 (left) and December 2014 (right).

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — A convicted rapist who sexually assaulted a developmentally disabled man with the mental capacity of a 15-year-old is now facing a new Failure to Register charge after being caught thanks to tips from Washington’s Most Wanted viewers.

Jason Sumey was arrested on Friday the 13^th in Lynnwood by the US Marshals Pacific NW Fugitive Apprehension Task Force.  Specific credit goes to Dept. of Corrections Officer Henry Pineda who spent months working to find Sumey.

Sumey had changed his appearance dramatically since being featured on WMW in early December of 2014.  His new booking photos show he gained weight, dyed his hair dark, grew a beard and was now wearing glasses.

His criminal history includes Rape 3^rd Degree, Extortion 1^st Degree, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (x2)and 2007.

King County Det. Christina Bartlett wrote in probable cause documents that “Sumey met the victim in Alaska while working at a fish cannery. Sumey began an escalating patter of fraudulent scams on the victim, which involved physical, emotional and sexual torture.”

When the victim returned to Seattle at the behest of his family, Sumey followed him as well and convinced the victim he was a Federal Marshal, even showing him a police type badge.

“Sumey demanded $7,000 from the victim because he has protected him from the mob,” wrote Det. Bartlett.

Sumey was convicted and classified a level 2 sex offender when released on December 16, 2001.

Sumey has been convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender on six different occasions. He is required to sign in weekly with the King County Sheriff’s Office but had not done so since February 3, 2011.

Prosecutors have requested he be held on $30,000 bail. He will be arraigned March 2^nd.

His capture is one of numerous arrests by Officer Pineda that are making Washington safer.  He was honored in June of 2013 as Washington’s Most Wanted Officer of the Month for coming in on his birthday to catch Andrew Trotman, a violent pimp accused of beating and raping a 17-year-old girl he tried to force into prostitution in Federal Way.

Officer Pineda is the first to give credit to the rest of task force members he works with but Sumey’s capture is another example of his dedication.

“I have kids. I have a daughter, and just helping out the community and making everybody safer. These guys have to be held accountable for what they do,” said Officer Pineda.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Detectives say the crime ring that was targeting shops in Tacoma and Gig Harbor has now moved north and they are hoping you can help catch them.

On Tuesday, Bellingham police say Dallas Bailey-Rich in the black short-sleeved polo shirt and Reymond Lozano in the grey sweatshirt distracted the employees while the third went to the back room and stole their wallets.

They then used the stolen credit cards to buy several hundred dollars-worth of gift cards at Target and Safeway.

This photo shows them exiting with Daaoshara Degrate. She is no longer a blonde and has dyed her hair after being featured last week on Q13 FOX News and Washington’s Most Wanted.

They seem to have changed their appearance some and look more clean-cut now since the surveillance video we aired last week.

If you know police can find Bailey-Rich or Lozano, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Shad Johnson and an image of a truck similar to the one he drives. (Photos from Renton P.D.)

RENTON, Wash. — Renton police urgently want to find a suspect accused of raping a local barista. Detectives say Shad Johnson waited for the woman to open at a drive through coffee stand before attacking her.

Renton police say Johnson knew the victim and she was not a stranger.

Johnson has an extensive criminal history and is currently on federal probation. There is a federal warrant issued for his arrest as well as a $300,000.00 nationwide warrant for Rape 1, Burglary 1 and Assault 2.

Authorities say he may be living in his truck (similar to the one pictured above) which is a red 2004 Ford F-150 pickup with Washington plate C65064A or he could be staying with friends.

Johnson is known to be a frequent gambler. He has many ties in the Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho area and in Spokane. Detectives think he could be headed to California or still be in the Renton area.

Johnson is 6’1” and weighs 200 pounds.

If you spot him or his truck, call 911 immediately or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

You have to call Crime Stoppers to be eligible for the cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his capture.

Shad Johnson and an image of a truck similar to the one police say he drives. (Photos from Renton P.D.)

RENTON, Wash. — Renton police urgently want to find a suspect accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a local barista.

Detectives say Shad Johnson waited for the woman to open at a drive through coffee stand before attacking her.

“You can imagine that this victim had what must seem like the fight of her life on her hands there,” said Renton Police Det. Robert Onishi.

Police say Johnson knew the victim and she was not a stranger.

“It escalated to the point where she was trying to close the window and he was slamming it back open and he actually dragged her out the drive through window and a prolonged fight occurred outside and then back inside the stand and went on for a considerable amount of time,” said Det. Onishi.

Johnson has an extensive criminal history and is currently on federal probation after being convicted of dealing meth.

There is a federal warrant for his arrest as well as a $300,000 nationwide warrant for Rape 1, Burglary 1 and Assault 2.

“With a person he had a relationship with for a long period of time, came within very, very little time of very seriously injuring, possibly killing her, committed a horrifying sexual assault all with this inside her workplace. All of these things, people who have some control of their faculties do not do,” said Det. Onishi.

Authorities say he may be living in his truck (similar to the one pictured above) which is a red 2004 Ford F-150 pickup with Washington plate C65064A or he could be staying with friends.

“The violence of his acts indicates potentially that if someone were to stop him or he saw someone as an impediment to his flight or if law enforcement attempted to stop him for some unrelated reason, that something bad might occur because he seems to be very, very desperate at this time,” said Det. Onishi. Johnson has a history of drinking and gambling according to investigators so he could be spotted in casinos.

He has many ties in the Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho area and in Spokane. Detectives think he could be headed to California or still be in the Renton area.

“So our worry would be now with certain things at stake, with our warrant, our charges and such that he might be more likely to commit further horrific acts in the future,” said Det. Onishi.

Shad Johnson

Johnson is 6’1” and weighs 200 pounds.

If you spot him or his truck, call 911 immediately or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

You have to call Crime Stoppers to be eligible for the cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his capture.

TACOMA — It’s been almost two decades since a mother and her three children were brutally murdered inside their Tacoma home.

The details surrounding their death are horrific and their killer is still free.

Now, detectives hope someone is ready to break their silence.

“It was December 18, 1998, shortly before 8:30pm,” explains Tacoma police Det. Lindsey Wade.

On the morning of December 18, 1998, 26 year old Linda Tran was home with her 9 year old daughter Patricia and almost two year old son, Austin, when a neighbor called 911. “They reported that they saw a man with a bat, standing in the doorway of her home, and saw the man coax the children inside the house, and shut the door,” says Tacoma police Det. Lindsey Wade.

And then they witnessed the unthinkable. “They also reported hearing banging noises, glass breaking, crying inside the residence, and then while this witness was on the phone with 911, they saw the house explode,” Det. Wade said.

Linda and her two children were killed. She was also seven months pregnant.

Linda’s father, Kiet Tran, remembers the phone call. “They woke me up and said, ‘Your daughter may have been murdered.’ I was shocked and asked, why?” That is just one question that remains unanswered almost 16 years later.

Det. Wade explains, “We do not have any real strong indication as to why this happened. I think based on the brutality of the crime, it seemed like a personal crime, and somebody who would have been in a personal relationship with Linda.”

Witnesses say a man was seen running from Linda’s home after the explosion and that leaves Retired Tacoma Det. Robert Yerbury, the original lead on the case, suspecting the killer could have been covered with clues. “It’s certainly a possibility that he received some kind of burning injuries or injuries as a result of the explosion because it was so violent,” said Ret. Det. Yerbury.

The house is no longer on the corner of 40th and Q street in Tacoma, and because of advances in science since the murders police are now processing evidence for DNA. While they are waiting for results, they join Linda’s family in asking for anyone who knows what happened that night to break their silence. “It’s a horrific crime,” adds Det. Wade. “To have a pregnant woman who was seven months pregnant with a little boy that she had already named Joshua, and then her two young children who were absolutely innocent, it’s shocking, horrifying to think that something like this could happen, that it did happen and that it’s gone unsolved and that no one has come forward after all these years.”

Linda’s father explains, “After my daughter was murdered and my grandchildren were murdered, my mind can’t do much work and that slows me down because I keep thinking everyday about them, so it’s kind of tough for me to live. I can’t do any work anymore, so I need somebody out there who knows something to call Tacoma police.”

Witnesses say the man they saw that night was black or dark-skinned with a muscular build and about 30 years of age at the time.

He was seen getting into a dark-colored sedan-style car with a driver waiting for him.

If you know anything about the murders of the Tran family, call Tacoma police at (253) 798-4721.

–or–

Call an anonymous tip into:
CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS

You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.

CLICK HERE for information on how to TEXT A TIP to Crime Stoppers.

Nếu bạn có bất cứ thông tin về cái chết của Linda Tran, xin gọi Đội Chống Tội Phạm 1-800-222-T-I-P-S hoặc  Cảnh sát Tacoma.

Trước lúc 8:30 tối ngày 18 tháng 12 năm 1998, Linda Trần 26 tuổi ở nhà cùng đứa con gái 9 tuổi, tên Patricia và đứa con trai gần 2 tuổi, tên Austin khi người hàng xóm của cô ta gọi 911.

Họ tường thuật rằng họ thấy một người đàn ông cầm cây gậy bóng chày, đứng trước nhà của cô ấy, và thấy ông ta dỗ ngọt những đứa trẻ vào nhà và khép cửa lại.

VÀ SAU ĐÓ ĐÃ CHỨNG KIẾN ĐIỀU KHÔNG THỂ TƯỞNG TƯỢNG ĐƯỢC.

Họ cũng kể lại việc nghe tiếng ồn  lớn, tiếng kính vỡ và tiếng khóc trong nhà, và sau đó trong khi nhân chứng này đang nói chuyện với 911, họ thấy căn nhà nổ tung.

LINDA VÀ HAI ĐỨA CON CỦA CÔ TA BỊ GIẾT. LÚC ĐÓ CÔ CŨNG ĐANG MANG THAI 7 THÁNG.

Cha của Linda: “Họ đánh thức tôi và nói con gái của tôi có thể đã bị giết hại.”

CHA CỦA LINDA NHỚ LẠI ĐÊM MÀ CẢNH SÁT BÁO VỚI ÔNG RẰNG CON GÁI VÀ CHÁU NGOẠI CỦA ÔNG ĐÃ CHẾT.

Tôi bị choáng váng, tôi hỏi “tại sao?”

ĐÓ LÀ CÂU HỎI MÀ KHÔNG ĐƯỢC TRẢ LỜI GẦN 16 NĂM NAY.

“Chúng tôi không có bất kỳ 1 dấu hiệu rõ ràng, mạnh mẽ nào về việc tại sao điều này đã xảy ra. Tôi nghĩ dựa trên sự tàn ác của tội phạm, dường như đó là tội ác cá nhân và người nào đó có mối quan hệ cá nhân với Linda.”

NHIỀU NHÂN CHỨNG NÓI ĐÃ NHÌN THẤY MỘT NGƯỜI ĐÀN ÔNG CHẠY RA KHỎI NGÔI NHÀ SAU TIẾNG NỔ, VÀ LEAVES ROBERT YERBURY, THÁM TỬ ĐẦU TIÊN CỦA VỤ ÁN, TÌNH NGHI HUNG THỦ ĐÃ CHE ĐẬY CÁC MANH MỐI.

“Chắc chắn một điều là người đàn ông đó đã bị bỏng hoặc bị thương vì tiếng nổ quá lớn”

NHỜ SỰ TIẾN BỘ KHOA HỌC KỂ TỪ VỤ GIẾT NGƯỜI,  CẢNH SÁT TACOMA ĐANG XỬ LÝ BẰNG CHỨNG VỀ DNA. TRONG KHI CHỜ ĐỢI KẾT QUẢ, HỌ ĐÃ ĐẾN GIA ĐÌNH CỦA CÔ LINDA ĐỂ HỎI XEM CÓ AI BIẾT BẤT KỲ ĐIỀU GÌ ĐÃ XẢY RA  VÀO ĐÊM HÔM ĐÓ, ĐỂ PHÁ TAN SỰ IM LẶNG CỦA HỌ.

“Đây là một tội ác khủng khiếp. Nó đã ập xuống một phụ nữ đang mang thai đứa con trai 7 tháng tuổi mà cô ta đã đặt tên là Joshua, và hai đứa trẻ ngây thơ. Thật kinh hoàng và khủng khiếp khi nghĩ đến một điều như thế này có thể xảy ra, vậy mà nó đã xảy ra. Đến bây giờ nó vẫn chưa được giải quyết và không một ai có lời khai về vụ án này trong nhiều năm qua.”

Kiet Tran: “Sau cái chết của con gái và các cháu của tôi, tôi không còn tâm trí để làm việc, tôi bị suy sụp rất nhiều bởi vì mỗi ngày tôi đều nghĩ đến chúng. Đó là một sự đau khổ và khó khăn làm tôi không sống nổi. Tôi không thể làm được  bất cứ điều gì nữa. Vì vậy, tôi rất cần những ai biết thông tin gì về vụ án, xin hãy gọi cho Cảnh sát TACOMA.”

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