Detectives acquire rare knife for tests in 2013 murder case
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 13, 2018
LAKE STEVENS — Snohomish County sheriff’s found someone with a knife that could help them in a murder case.
Detectives had been seeking someone with a Performance Tool Northwest Trail One-Handed Knife that went out of production in 2011. That model of knife was used in the stabbing death of Phillipa Evans-Lopez in Lake Stevens in 2013. Prosecutors don’t want to use the actual knife for forensic tests.
The trial of Anthony Garver is scheduled for late summer, after murder charges were refiled against him this year. Evans-Lopez was found tied to a bed and stabbed dozens of times. She was 20.
After his arrest, Garver escaped a mental hospital, leading to a statewide manhunt. He was caught days later.
Shari Ireton, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, said Thursday morning that someone offered to loan them that model of knife.
Detectives also had sent out a bulletin Wednesday morning, asking for help finding Kevin Patrick Hanrahan, 52. Hours later the sheriff’s office announced he’d been taken into custody. Deputies believe Hanrahan has key information in the case against Garver.
