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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) HERALD STAFF PHOTO BY DARREN BREEN Playing cards with photographs of cold case victims issued to inmates to help solve the crimes. Kevin Moyen is on the four of diamonds.  Photo Gallery: Cold Case Cards   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Families plead for tips on cold cases 5/24/09 • Cold-case playing cards bring police new leads 5/24/09 • Family of slain Machias woman waits for answers 5/17/09 • Cold Case: Unsolved shootings ended mother-daughter trail hike 5/10/09 • Woman's slaying unsolved after 20 years 5/3/09 • Bulgarian's death likely tied to drugs 4/26/09 • Cold case: Body found in Bothell was long unidentified 4/19/09 • Cold Case: Three decades, no answers in slaying of Lynnwood woman 4/5/09 • After 29 years, grandmother's slaying unsolved 3/29/09 • Police seek clues in 1982 Gold Bar slaying 3/22/09 • Cold Case: Victim of fatal beating was just 13 3/15/09 • Cold case: Still no arrests in 1977 Everett slaying 3/8/09 • Cold Case: DNA hasn't closed case in '90 slaying 3/1/09 • Cold case: A blow to the head killed Bothell woman 2/22/09 • Cold Case: Murder, disappearance not forgotten 2/15/09   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Sunday, September 14, 2008 Lack of evidence in '95 slaying blocked trial By Diana Hefley Herald Writer SULTAN -- The detectives followed the clues. Store receipts, empty Budweiser cans, four bullets, a spent round, a utility knife and a pager. A month after the bullet- riddled body of Kevin Moyen was found on the side of a rural Sultan road in October of 1995, the clues led Snohomish County sheriff's detectives to an Everett man. The man, 25, was charged with Moyen's murder. But the charge was dropped and the man was set free. Prosecutors declined to take the case to trial. They decided there wasn't enough evidence to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt the suspect was responsible for Moyen's death. If they lost, they wouldn't get a second chance. More than a decade later, the case remains open. Moyen is featured on the four of diamonds as part of the state's first cold-case playing cards. Thousands of decks of cards have been provided to inmates in jails and prisons around the state. Snohomish County sheriff's detectives are hoping the cards will drum up new leads for unsolved homicides and missing persons cases that date back to the 1970s. Moyen, 37, had moved from Connecticut to south Everett about a month before his death. The father of two planned to work on fishing boats in Alaska but he got seasick, his mother told The Herald in 1996. He and a friend were living in an RV park on Highway 99 and working at a cabinet shop in Woodinville. Moyen left work early on Oct. 2, 1995 for a dentist appointment. His body was found two days later off Cedar Ponds Road between Monroe and Sultan. He'd been shot multiple times. His car, a yellow 1981 Plymouth Reliant, was found on Colby Avenue. Sheriff's Sgt. Gregg Rinta and Stanwood Police Sgt. Rob Palmer, both homicide detectives at the time, investigated Moyen's slaying. Rinta believes there are people who have information that could help prove who killed Moyen. "Anyone out there who remembers the circumstances, we'd like to hear from them," Rinta said. Reporter Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463 or hefley@heraldnet.com. About this series Snohomish County sheriff's detectives created the state's first deck of cold-case playing cards. Each Sunday for a year, The Herald is publishing a story about a case featured on one of the cards. The 52 cards can be viewed at www.heraldnet.com. Anyone with information about unsolved homicides or missing persons cases is asked to call 800-222-TIPS (8477). Up to a $1,000 reward is offered. Tips also can be left on the sheriff's tip line at 425-388-3845. Callers may remain anonymous, although tips have been more successful when callers speak with detectives, police said. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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