Snohomish County homicides in 2012

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At least 18 deaths in Snohomish County in 2012 were ruled homicides. That figure doesn’t include pending death investigations, or deaths from car accidents that may be prosecuted as vehicular homicides.

Homicide is a medical term for a death that resulted from the action of another person. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office determines the medical reason someone died. Whether that’s murder, manslaughter or another kind of crime is decided in the courts.

In 2011, at least 11 deaths here were deemed homicides. Most of the victims were men. Among the common contributing circumstances are drug trafficking and domestic violence.

About 714,000 people live in Snohomish County and roughly 4,500 die each year. While the number of homicides in 2012 was roughly double the previous year, it is still incredibly rare.

Two of the homicides in 2012 involved children: the 7-year-old Camano Island girl who was shot by her 3-year-old brother in the family’s van in Stanwood in March, and the Tulalip toddler who died from parental neglect on the reservation in October. Two more of the homicides were men killed by homeowners during alleged break-ins. Another man died in a shoot-out with officers near Arlington.

Several of the 2012 homicides remain under investigation. At least four were drug-related, and at least four were domestic-violence-related. Ten of the deaths involved firearms. In 2012, only one of the county’s homicides happened within the Everett city limits, compared to almost half of the homicides in 2011.

Not included on the 2012 homicide list is Harold Caywood, 91. He died weeks after being beaten and mugged outside a south Everett gas station. His cause of death has not been determined. The investigation continues.

Snohomish County homicides in 2012

Death investigations often take months, and pending cases are not included. Also, deaths of local people may be investigated in neighboring counties if the victim dies in a hospital there.

Date	Victim name	Age	Gender	City of residence	Area of death	Manner of death	Investigating agency	Status of case
01/03	Patrick Buckmaster	30	M	Tacoma	Marysville	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Court cases in progress.
01/09	Johnny Sok	22	M	Everett	Everett South	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Charges declined.
02/08	Kenneth Talley	26	M	Edmonds	South County	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Charges declined.
02/15	Cynthia Goldman	54	F	Arlington	Arlington	Strangulation	Arlington Police Department	Court case in progress.
03/11	Jenna Carlile	7	F	Camano Island	King County	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Mistrial declared, declined to refile charges. Police internal in progress.
03/14	Linda McNeely	52	F	Bothell	Bothell	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Active police investigation.
03/18	Jacqueline Rothenbuhler	59	F	Monroe	Monroe	Incised wound or stabbing	Monroe Police Department	Active police investigation.
04/24	Luis Verduzco	23	M	Everett	Everett South	Incised wound or stabbing	Everett Police Department	Court case in progress.
06/30	Martin Pickett	48	M	Homeless	Arlington	Blunt force	Arlington Police Department	Active police investigation.
07/06	Carrington Costa	26	M	Navarre, Fla.	Marysville	Firearm	Marysville Police Department	Suspect took own life.
07/15	Ryan Mumm	20	M	Stanwood	Everett North	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Court case in progress.
09/03	Robert Endrizzi	60	M	Arlington	Arlington	Firearm	Snohomish Multiple Agency Response Team	SMART investigation in progress.
09/03	Fernando Mendoza	18	M	Burlington	East County	Firearm	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Court case in progress.
09/29	Julia Randolph	24	F	Everett	South County	Blunt force	Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office	Active police investigation.
10/08	Chantel Craig	1	F	Marysville	Everett North	Other	Tulalip Police Department	Recently charged in federal court.
10/18	Doris Murrill	83	F	Marysville	Everett North	Other	Marysville Police Department	The Medical Examiner’s Office lists this death as a homicide. The police investigation is ongoing. They have declined to discuss the case.
10/27	Lila Donaldson	81	F	Bothell	Bothell	Blunt force	Bothell Police Department	Court case in progress.
10/29	Sandra McIntyre	26	F	Mill Creek	Mill Creek	Firearm	Mill Creek Police Department	Suspect took own life.