1 of 2 brothers accused in Oso deaths will return to Washington

  • By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
  • Wednesday, May 18, 2016 4:07pm
  • Local NewsOso

EVERETT — Tony Clyde Reed, one of two brothers accused of killing an Arlington-area couple last month, soon will be heading back to Washington to face murder charges.

The Ellensburg man waived extradition in a hearing Wednesday morning in San Diego, California. Reed is expected to be arraigned Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court.

Reed, who had fled to Mexico, surrendered to U.S. Marshals on Monday after arrangements were made for him to turn himself in on the U.S. side of the border.

Reed is suspected of helping his brother, John Blaine Reed, kill Oso residents Patrick Shunn and his wife, Monique Patenaude, in April. John Reed remains on the lam.

Bail has been set at $5 million for the brothers who are charged with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Ellensburg attorney James Kirkham is representing Tony Reed. He said he worked with prosecutors, detectives and U.S Marshals to figure out how his client could turn himself in without incident.

“I’m just glad he is safe,” Kirkham said.

Kirkham said there were questions he couldn’t answer, including when and why the brothers parted ways.

“As soon as he gets up there, I will be going to see him,” he said.

Detectives and prosecutors are hoping Tony Reed’s surrender could lead to information that will help them find the missing couple.

Despite an exhaustive search, their bodies haven’t been recovered. It’s unclear how they were killed. However, significant amounts of blood were found in their vehicles, in John Reed’s pickup truck and at his former property, according to court papers.

Snohomish County Search and Rescue teams searched for the bodies of Shunn, 45, and Patenaude, 46, over the weekend in the Oso area. John Reed had been a neighbor in the rural area off of Whitman Road and near the west side of the 2014 Oso mudslide that killed 43 people.

Both brothers have criminal records.

Detectives believe Tony Reed crossed the mountains to help his brother before the two fled south.

His state-issued Electronic Benefits Transfer food card was used at a 7-Eleven and Safeway in Arlington in the two days after the couple’s disappearance.

Snohomish County major crimes detectives plan to fly to San Diego to pick up Tony Reed later this week so he can be booked into the Snohomish County Jail.

Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446; stevick@hearldnet.com

Talk to us

> Give us your news tips.

> Send us a letter to the editor.

> More Herald contact information.

More in Local News

A firefighter stands in silence before a panel bearing the names of L. John Regelbrugge and Kris Regelbrugge during the ten-year remembrance of the Oso landslide on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Oso Landslide Memorial in Oso, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
‘Flood of emotions’ as Oso Landslide Memorial opens on 10th anniversary

Friends, family and first responders held a moment of silence at 10:37 a.m. at the new 2-acre memorial off Highway 530.

Julie Petersen poses for a photo with images of her sister Christina Jefferds and Jefferds’ grand daughter Sanoah Violet Huestis next to a memorial for Sanoah at her home on March 20, 2024 in Arlington, Washington. Peterson wears her sister’s favorite color and one of her bangles. (Annie Barker / The Herald)
‘It just all came down’: An oral history of the Oso mudslide

Ten years later, The Daily Herald spoke with dozens of people — first responders, family, survivors — touched by the deadliest slide in U.S. history.

Victims of the Oso mudslide on March 22, 2014. (Courtesy photos)
Remembering the 43 lives lost in the Oso mudslide

The slide wiped out a neighborhood along Highway 530 in 2014. “Even though you feel like you’re alone in your grief, you’re really not.”

Director Lucia Schmit, right, and Deputy Director Dara Salmon inside the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
How Oso slide changed local emergency response ‘on virtually every level’

“In a decade, we have just really, really advanced,” through hard-earned lessons applied to the pandemic, floods and opioids.

Ron and Gail Thompson at their home on Monday, March 4, 2024 in Oso, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
In shadow of scarred Oso hillside, mudslide’s wounds still feel fresh

Locals reflected on living with grief and finding meaning in the wake of a catastrophe “nothing like you can ever imagine” in 2014.

Rep. Suzan DelBene, left, introduces Xichitl Torres Small, center, Undersecretary for Rural Development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture during a talk at Thomas Family Farms on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Under new federal program, Washingtonians can file taxes for free

At a press conference Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene called the Direct File program safe, easy and secure.

Former Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy Jeremie Zeller appears in court for sentencing on multiple counts of misdemeanor theft Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Snohomish County Superior Court in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Ex-sheriff’s deputy sentenced to 1 week of jail time for hardware theft

Jeremie Zeller, 47, stole merchandise from Home Depot in south Everett, where he worked overtime as a security guard.

Everett
11 months later, Lake Stevens man charged in fatal Casino Road shooting

Malik Fulson is accused of shooting Joseph Haderlie to death in the parking lot at the Crystal Springs Apartments last April.

T.J. Peters testifies during the murder trial of Alan Dean at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Bothell cold case trial now in jury’s hands

In court this week, the ex-boyfriend of Melissa Lee denied any role in her death. The defendant, Alan Dean, didn’t testify.

A speed camera facing west along 220th Street Southwest on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 in Edmonds, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
New Washington law will allow traffic cams on more city, county roads

The move, led by a Snohomish County Democrat, comes as roadway deaths in the state have hit historic highs.

Mrs. Hildenbrand runs through a spelling exercise with her first grade class on the classroom’s Boxlight interactive display board funded by a pervious tech levy on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in Marysville, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Lakewood School District’s new levy pitch: This time, it won’t raise taxes

After two levies failed, the district went back to the drawing board, with one levy that would increase taxes and another that would not.

Alex Hanson looks over sections of the Herald and sets the ink on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Black Press, publisher of Everett’s Daily Herald, is sold

The new owners include two Canadian private investment firms and a media company based in the southern United States.

Support local journalism

If you value local news, make a gift now to support the trusted journalism you get in The Daily Herald. Donations processed in this system are not tax deductible.