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• Examiner describes injuries in Clay Starbuck case

  May 17, 2013 in City on Page A9 The jury spent half the day Thursday hearing testimony and looking through autopsy photos from a prolonged attack that killed Chanin Starbuck. The key testimony came from Spokane County Medical …

• Detective relates exchange with Clay Starbuck

  May 14, 2013 in City on Page A5 Often smiling as he interacted with his attorneys, Clay D. Starbuck did not appear worried at the beginning of the trial that could put him in prison for the rest … 12

• Homeless convicts charged in hatchet attack

  March 13, 2013 in City Two homeless convicts have been charged with the attacking a third homeless man with the blunt end of a hatchet, causing a broken skull and broken vertebrae on a man … 14

• West gets 50 years for eye gouging case

  March 13, 2013 in City A judge today gave convicted killer Michael L. West Jr. another 50 years in prison after he gouged out the eyes of a fellow prison inmate. 7

• Spokane jury convicts in attack on inmate

  February 27, 2013 in City on Page A6 A jury found convicted killer Michael L. West Jr. guilty Tuesday of gouging out the eyes of a fellow prison inmate, ensuring that West will remain in prison for the … 1

• Jury convicts West in eye gouging case

  February 26, 2013 in City A jury found convicted killer Michael L. West Jr. guilty today of gouging out the eyes of a fellow prison inmate, ensuring that West will remain in prison for the … 8

• Killer claims insanity in gruesome prison attack

  February 20, 2013 in City on Page A5 Convicted killer Michael L. West Jr., now standing trial for gouging out the eyes of a fellow inmate, sat in a chair Tuesday with his hands cuffed to his waist … 13

• Trial opens in gruesome eye-gouging attack

  February 19, 2013 in City Convicted killer Michael L. West Jr., now standing trial for gouging out the eyes of a fellow inmate, sat in a chair today with his hands cuffed to his waist … 15

• Judge keeps Starbuck’s bond at $1 million

  December 18, 2012 in City Attorneys representing murder suspect Clay D. Starbuck asked a judge today to reduce his $1 million bond, but the judge refused. 3

• Woman convicted of murder

  July 6, 2012 in City on Page A5 Testimony from three witnesses put the gun in her boyfriend’s hand either during or immediately after a Spokane man was shot to death last December following a bizarre altercation, but …

• Girlfriend convicted of murdering Spokane man

  July 5, 2012 in City, News Three witnesses put the gun in her boyfriend’s hand either during or immediately after a Spokane man was shot last December following a bizarre altercation. But Melinda R. Barrera admitted … 5

• Trial starts for two charged in shooting death

  June 22, 2012 in City on Page A6 The murder trial is under way of a man and woman charged in the shooting death late last year of a man who called police as he was dying from …

• Slaying suspect appears in court

  February 22, 2012 in City on Page A5 A prosecutor alleged Tuesday that a man charged with killing his ex-wife also contacted his children to help back up his alibi. Clay D. Starbuck, 47, pleaded not guilty Tuesday …

• Burglar found guilty of Spokane Valley murder

  April 22, 2010 in City on Page A5 An eight-woman, four-man jury took only about three hours Wednesday, including the time to eat lunch, to find a career burglar guilty of murder, ensuring he will never again walk … 1

• Jury finds burglar guilty of murdering Spokane Valley man

  April 21, 2010 in City An eight-woman, four-man jury took only about three hours Wednesday, including the time to eat lunch, to find a career burglar guilty of murder, ensuring he will never again walk … 4