Once missing, now found
Tue, 05/06/2008
Concerned family members called 911 after not hearing from a female relative for about a week. Officers went to her Highland Park home and found the body of a man who had committed suicide. In short order they found the missing woman's body inside a van on the property. The medical examiner estimates that she had been possibly been dead for two weeks. The couple had a long history of domestic violence.
Sunday afternoon, a homeowner was napping in the 5100 block of Admiral Way when he awoke to find two burglars in the house. He tackled one suspect, but both managed to escape out a back door. Alert bystanders saw them running and meeting up with a third suspect. Officers surrounded the area and located the three at 52nd and College. They were booked into King County Jail for investigation of burglary.
Around 6 p.m. Tuesday, an Admiral woman was on the second floor of her home when the doorbell rang. She didn't answer the door, but did look out from a second-floor window and saw nothing out of the ordinary. When the doorbell rang a second time about ten minutes later, she went out on a deck and saw a man climbing into an unfamiliar vehicle that had been parked in front of a neighbor's home. Other neighbors later reported that as they arrived home from work they had seen the men casing the woman's house, looking into windows. The homeowner later discovered that a back gate had been left open, allowing one of her dogs to leave the yard. (It later returned.) The suspects were two white males in their 20s, in a light brown Monte Carlo-type of vehicle. The driver was stocky and had a shaved head. The passenger was tall, slim, and had short dark hair.
Angry about some medical paperwork that needed to be completed, a man stormed out of a DSHS office saying that he was on his way to his doctor's office with a gun to "raise hell." The alarmed DSHS employee called the clinic to warn them, the clinic nurse called 911, and the clinic went into lockdown, with all patients moved to a secure location. The suspect was taken into custody without incident.
As officers escorted a female domestic violence suspect from the scene of an assault, she tried to grab an officer's weapon. Another officer saw what was happening and lunged toward her, preventing her attempt. The victim already had a protection order against the woman, who was booked into King County Jail for violating it, as well as for investigation of domestic violence assault, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, and obstruction. She was also wanted on an existing domestic violence warrant.
Burglaries/casings/car prowls by block: 8400 16th SW, 2600 37th SW, 7300 12th SW, 3000 SW Bradford, 4100 and 5900 California Ave. SW, 6000 41st SW, 8800 10th SW