TACOMA – Two men flagged down tool salesman Robert Shapel on a rural road and robbed him at gunpoint, but then went further, prosecutors said in court documents.
They handcuffed him, stomped on his head, wrapped his head in duct tape and trapped him inside a tipped-over portable toilet, according to papers filed by Pierce County’s chief criminal deputy prosecutor.
Shapel, 55, died of suffocation, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined.
Two men jailed for investigation of murder have been identified as Jeremy Alan Hosford, 24, of Pierce County and Williams Craig Schorr, 29, of King County.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Thomas Felnagle ordered the men held in lieu of $1 million bail each. They appeared in court Friday but have not been charged.
Sheriff’s detectives were continuing to investigate.
Associated Press
Neah Bay: Kalakala staying put for now
Kalakala owner Steve Rodrigues visited the north Olympic Peninsula this week and appears to be getting authorizations from the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard to tow the 1935 ferry from Seattle to Neah Bay. Rodrigues, however, said on Thursday that the weather is likely to prevent him from moving the Kalakala this weekend. While DNR officials have given Rodrigues approval to tow the vessel to a state land location in east Neah Bay, the Kalakala’s owner said issues still remain with the Coast Guard on the best strategy for towing the rusting ferry west down the Strait of Juan de Fuca in a limited 42-hour weather window.
Peninsula Daily News
Wilkeson: Woman killed after truck rolls
A 19-year-old woman was killed Saturday when the pickup truck in which she was riding ran into a ditch and rolled over on Highway 165 northwest of Mount Rainier. The driver, Si Clark, 22, of Orting was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide because of alleged alcohol consumption, State Patrol trooper Johnny Alexander said. The woman, Katherine E. Fink of Buckley, was partially ejected and pinned beneath the truck when it rolled over about 2 a.m. She died at the scene.
Associated Press
Oregon: Guardsmen
must pay to get home
Oregon National Guard members will have to pay their own way home from a training base in Louisiana if they wish to see their families during leave, military officials said. At the request of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the Army considered this week whether the Air National Guard could fly 700 or so members of the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry from Fort Polk to Oregon. The soldiers have about 2 1/2weeks leave before heading to Iraq and the Middle East for a year. The Pentagon turned down the request Friday because it would be an illegal use of military aircraft.
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Mint to get final design suggestions for coin
Members of the Oregon Coin Commission made their final suggestions for the design of the state’s commemorative quarter. The recommendations will be forwarded to the United States Mint, where artists and engravers will create the final designs based on comments from the commission and two federal advisory committees. The four designs show a covered wagon and tepee, Crater Lake, Mount Hood and a salmon.
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Alaska: Trapper kills wolf seen by tourists
FAIRBANKS – A trapper told the Alaska Board of Game on Friday that he trapped and killed the leader of one of two wolf packs regularly seen by tourists in Denali National Park and Preserve. A biologist said Saturday nine other wolves in the 12-member pack were also unaccounted for. The wolf had strayed outside a no-trapping, no-hunting buffer zone established by a previous game board four years ago to protect wolf packs that roam in and out of the eastern corner of Alaska’s most famous park. The board is considering a proposal to eliminate the buffer.
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