murder

The victim of a homicide in Richland early yesterday morning has left one man dead and now the Richland Police Department have identified the victim.

Benton County officials say the man being held in connection with the death of a Pasco woman who was found dead in a West Richland apartment is due in court Monday. 24-year-old William C. Lee was arrested Sunday by authorities. West Richland police, Benton County Sheriff's were called to the Fairway Manor Apartments near 39th and Fallon Drive around 1:30 am Sunday morning...

The man arrested for a fatal Pasco shooting June 3rd was found guilty of murder in Franklin County Superior Court. 28-year-old Victor A. Paniagua was arrested June 4th after a fatal shooting of 47-year-old Abel Ynez Contreras at 502 South 22nd, where Contreras lived...

The shooting occurred in the AT&T parking lot off of Columbia Center Blvd.

The November, 2016 kidnapping and murder of a 69-year-old Kennewick woman has resulted in the suspect spending the rest of their life behind bars. Theresa Wiltse, a former Walla Walla Prison guard, who lived in Connell, kidnapped Sandra Harris...

According to Yakima County Sheriff's officials and other news reports, bond has been set at $1 million dollars for a man who's connected to the disappearance of his wife. Her cut up body was found in a fire pit near Granger. He was arrested last Friday.

Theresa L. Wiltse, formerly of Pasco, is facing First Degree Murder Chargers, and First Degree Kidnapping with Aggravated Circumstances. Turns out, she is a former State Prison Corrections Officer!

According to court records, the suspect in custody for the kidnapping, and possibly having a hand in the murder of a 69-year-old Kennewick woman, is being held on $1 million dollar bond in the Benton County Jail. The suspect is pictured in a video still image courtesy of our news partner KNDU-TV.

Officials say the deceased shooter in a tragic Hermiston murder-suicide was upset over the woman, Andria Bye, dating Kenneth Valdez.

I did a search on serial killers from our area. A ton came up for the state of Washington. Ted Bundy, who was from Tacoma, is one of the most notorious serial killers in modern history. Bundy was thought to have killed more than 36 young woman from six different states including Washington. He was executed in Florida in 1989. There is also Gary Ridgeway, the "Green River Killer." Read Mo

After several months of virtual inactivity, some new developments in the ongoing murder investigation involving a former Pasco police officer,as his attorney has presented what he says is evidence the man could not have committed the crime.

The man accused of fatally shooting a Moses Lake teen in May was one of a number of Washington state inmates who was wrongly released early from the prison system.