Prosecutors want handwriting samples from suspect in homicide
Published 4:49 pm Saturday, November 15, 2014
PORT ORCHARD — Prosecutors want handwriting samples and dental images from a man accused of strangling his girlfriend and then posting crime-scene photos online before the killing was reported.
The Kitsap Sun reported that prosecutors will ask Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jeanette Dalton on Monday to compel David Michael Kalac to provide dental impressions and handwriting samples so they can compare them to a handwritten confession investigators said they found as well as bite marks on the victim’s body.
Kalac is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Amber Lynn Coplin, 30. She was found dead Nov. 4 at their apartment in Port Orchard. Gruesome photos were posted on an Internet message board before the crime was reported.
Kalac was arrested at a transit center in Wilsonville, Oregon, a day later. He surrendered to a police officer without incident.
Kalac is being held on $2 million bail. He pleaded not guilty Friday.
Deputy Prosecutor Robert Davy said he could not comment on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty. Washington state law allows capital punishment, but Gov. Jay Inslee instituted a moratorium on executions earlier this year.
