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News >  Spokane

Serial Killer Task Force Still Seeking Leads Detectives Have Received 920 Tips Since November; No Solid Leads On Killer Of Six Women

A task force chasing Spokane's serial killer has received 920 tips on the case, and it's asking for more. On Friday, commanders of the joint city-county task force renewed their request for fresh leads. "We're still in the business of putting together vast quantities of information," sheriff's Capt. Doug Silver said. "We want as much information as we can get. Someone out there has the information that will help solve this."
News >  Spokane

Suit Claims Ewu Prof Assaulted Student Woman Seeks Damages From Sociology Teacher And University

A former Eastern Washington University student who claims a respected professor sexually assaulted her is suing him and the school. April Strader, who graduated with honors in 1996, filed a civil lawsuit this week in Spokane County Superior Court. She is seeking unspecified damages from EWU and William Daniel Perdue, a former sociology professor at the university.
News >  Spokane

Wsp Ready To Help Serial Killer Task Force ‘Greatly Understaffed’ City, County Decide Against Request For Now

Despite being "greatly understaffed" because of a serial killer investigation, Spokane authorities have not asked the Washington State Patrol to provide detectives to help in the case. State Patrol officials said this week they would do everything possible to help the investigation if a request comes. The WSP has four detectives assigned to its Spokane office and several dozen statewide, said State Patrol Sgt. Chris Powell.
News >  Spokane

Burglary Suspect Goes From Cooler To Cooler

Call it the case of the finger-licking felony. Spokane County deputies arrested a man early Sunday after he was found stuck inside a walk-in cooler at the Longhorn Barbecue restaurant in Airway Heights.
News >  Spokane

Bloomsday Statue Is Still Missing Teens Say They Tossed Sculpture In Bushes, But Police Come Up Empty After Searching

Two Spokane teenagers have confessed to swiping one of the steel Bloomsday runners from Riverfront Park, but the rusty racer remained missing Wednesday. Andrew Strick, 18, and Lee Smith, 19, were charged Wednesday with one count each of first-degree theft, then released on their own recognizance. They were arrested Tuesday after one of Smith's co-workers at the Garland Dollar Theater overheard him talking about the theft and called police.

Rainbow Changes Its Colors

A neighborhood fixture The Rainbow Tavern is an oxymoron of sorts: bawdy and homey at the same time. It's the kind of place you wouldn't want your mother to catch you in, but other people's mothers work hard to make a living at the no-frills strip club at 1824 E. Sprague. The owner is Ben Hicks, 44, a neighborhood boy who bought the joint seven years ago years after spending most of his adult life on the road selling auto parts.
News >  Spokane

Serial Killer Hunters Take To The Air Helicopter, Sensors Would Detect Body Heat

A task force chasing Spokane's serial killer used a specially equipped helicopter to search for more victims this week, authorities said. On Thursday and Friday, crews flew the helicopter over areas where the killer abandoned some of the victims. They also searched other rural areas that may serve as dump sites. The helicopter has infrared sensors that detect changes in temperature on the ground.
News >  Spokane

Men Make High-Speed Return To County Jail

Two men fresh out of jail led authorities on a high-speed chase in a stolen farming truck Tuesday, the Washington State Patrol reported. The chase along Interstate 90 spanned parts of Adams and Spokane counties before troopers stopped the truck by flattening at least one of its tires with a spike strip. The two occupants were arrested and returned to the Adams County Jail, where they had been released about six hours earlier after prosecutors decided not to charge them in a Feb. 14 theft, troopers said.
News >  Nation/World

Task Force Investigates Another Death

A serial killer suspected of murdering at least five women in Washington state may have struck again, authorities said Monday. The Spokane task force tracking the killer is investigating the death of a person whose body was found Sunday in a rural area of western Spokane County.
News >  Nation/World

Detectives Link Tacoma Killing To Spokane’s Woman’s Body Found Shot In Vacant South Tacoma Field

A serial killer responsible for at least four Spokane murders may be crisscrossing the state killing women, authorities said Friday. A Spokane task force chasing the killer has linked a Western Washington murder to recent homicides here, investigators said. Task force members traveled to Tacoma last week to compare notes with detectives investigating the murder of Melinda L. Mercer.
News >  Spokane

City, Green River Killings Not Linked Fbi Agents Find No No Ties Of Spokane Serial Murders To Others In Country

The FBI believes that a serial killer responsible for at least four murders in Spokane hasn't struck anywhere else, local authorities said. That includes Western Washington, where the infamous Green River killings remain unsolved. "At this time, we're very confident in saying that our individual, or individuals, is in no way connected to the Green River killer," said Capt. Doug Silver of the Spokane County Sheriff's Department.