In brief: Charges filed in gun deaths
SEATTLE – The King County prosecutor’s office has filed two counts of aggravated first-degree murder against a man accused of shooting his girlfriend and their 13-week-old daughter.
The charges were filed Thursday against 29-year-old Daniel Thomas Hicks. He’s accused of killing 28-year-old Jennifer Morgan and their baby, Emma. Their bodies were found Tuesday in the basement of her parents’ south Seattle home, where she had lived for several years with Hicks.
Hicks remains at large, and police say they consider him armed and dangerous.
Bail set in in murder case
MOSCOW, Idaho – A judge has determined a North Idaho man accused of killing his pregnant wife and then setting the home on fire will be held on $200,000 bail.
Second District Judge Jeff Brudie set bail for Silas Parks on Thursday.
Parks is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in connection with the June 24 death of his pregnant wife, 28-year-old Sarah J. Parks.
He has pleaded not guilty.
Holiday affects services
The following offices and services in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas will be affected by the Christmas holiday:
•City, county, state and federal offices will be closed.
•Public libraries will be closed.
•City and rural garbage normally picked up today will be one day late.
•Banks, post offices and liquor stores will be closed.
•Parking meters do not need to be plugged.
•Most grocers will be closed.
•Spokane Transit Authority buses will run on the holiday service schedule, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
•Some Riverfront Park attractions, including the Ice Palace and IMAX theater, will be open; the Carrousel and Skyride will be closed.