1969-14

U.S. crime
scene to go
to estate

BELLEVUE, WASHING-
TON, detectives have named
two North Shore residents as
the only suspects in the mur-
der of three members of a for-
mer North Vancouver family,

By lan Noble
News Reporter

The fact that the two are in
Canada may be the only circum-
stance preventing them from being
arrested for investigation for homi-
cide, said Bellevue police.

Bellevue police spokesman Li
Jack MeDonald said the two 5
peets, 18 and 19 at the time of the
murder in July 1994, have been
named due to a dispute over the
crime scene — the home of the blud-
geoned victims, two parents and the
sibling of one of the suspects,

Police have not finished gathering
evidence from the scene, and do not
want the home fo return to the estate,
he said. adding that one of the sts-
pects is the only heir to the estate.

“You don’t give evidence buck to
a suspect, and that is what we have
tried to avoid.” said McDonald.

The Bellevue police have been
given until the end of January to
gather evidence from the home,
when the house in the quiet suburb of
~- Seattle must be tured over to the
estate,

Until now. police have avoided
naming the two as suspects because
the investigation is continuing.
McDonald said.

Still, if the suspects were in the
Bellevue police force's jurisdiction.
police have enough probable cause to
arrest them for investigation for
homicide, he said.

However, the evidence gathered
so far may not be cnough to proceed
with prosecution, he said.

McDonald said that the two sus-
pects have been asked for hair and
blood samples to allow investigators
to compare them with samples taken
from the scene, but the suspects have
refused to cooperate with police.

The suspects were in the home
before the crime occurred and so
their hair will obviously be there. he
said. New sumples could help police
determine if someone other than the
two Suspecls and three victims was in
the house. he added.

The suspects” lawyer, Vancouver
based Patrick Beirne. was not avai
able for comment before deadline.
However, he told the Searle Post

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trafficking charge for 19-
year-old West Van man.

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