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• Spokane rapist sentenced to death for killing prison guard

  May 15, 2013 in Region A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. 17

• Court video shows Scherf confessing Biendl killing

  April 11, 2012 in Region EVERETT — A videotaped confession played in court showed an inmate describing how he overpowered a corrections officer and strangled her in the chapel of a state prison at Monroe. …

• Documents: Guard murder suspect said he deserves death

  February 24, 2011 in News, Region The prison inmate accused of strangling Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl in a chapel at the Monroe Correctional Complex last month told investigators that he deserves to die, according to documents … 4

• Gregoire speaks at prison guard memorial

    February 8, 2011 in News, Region Corrections officer Jayme Biendl was remembered Tuesday as a courageous and caring woman who loved her job, her co-workers and her family. Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking at a nearly two-hour … 1

• Strangling suspect got mixed reports

  February 5, 2011 in City on Page B2 Eleven years before Byron Scherf became the chief suspect in the strangling of a Monroe, Wash., corrections officer, a psychologist had concluded Scherf was “unlikely to act out within the … 2

• Gregoire calls for review of prison guard murder

  January 31, 2011 in News OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire has called for an independent review of the murder of Monroe Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, who was found strangled Sunday in the prison chapel. 7

• Inmate suspected in guard’s death is Spokane-area rapist

  January 31, 2011 in City on Page A1 The inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer in Western Washington is a sex offender serving life in prison for the abduction and rape of a Spokane-area real estate agent … 16

• Inmate linked to guard slaying is Spokane sex offender

  January 30, 2011 in City, News The inmate suspected of killing a correctional officer in Western Washington is a sex offender serving life in prison for the abduction and rape of a Spokane-area real estate agent … 4