Official report into the death of Tesfatsion released
Update – 6:05 p.m. July 28, 2021: The state Attorney General’s Office said today that it does not have the authority to investigate Tesfatsion’s death. It is up to the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office to pursue. LYNWOOD, Wash., July 28, 2021 – Tirhas Berhand Tesfatsion, a 47-year old woman was found dead at the Lynnwood […]
Lynnwood Council voted to allow AG to investigate LPD
LYNNWOOD, Wash., July 27, 2021 – City Council met July 26 in an emotional meeting that lasted three hours. Before the meeting, protestors gathered outside for an hour in response to Tirhas Tesfatsion’s death in the Lynnwood Jail on July 13. According to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner, Tesfatsion’s cause of death was declared a […]
SMART investigators release video footage from July 29, 2020 officer involved shooting
By Julie Moore, Public Affairs Officer | City of Lynnwood SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., January 28, 2021 – Pursuant to a request received from Bothell Chief of Police Kenneth Seuberlich, SMART Investigators are releasing video footage evidence related to the July 29, 2020 officer involved shooting that occurred in Bothell. With concurrence from Snohomish County Prosecuting […]
Body found at Edmonds College ruled a suicide, identified as man missing since October
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times staff A body found outside an Edmonds College storage building has been identified as Sawyer West, a man who had been missing since October. West, 29, died by suicide, said the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. A statewide search for West commenced after he left a group home in […]
Edmonds suspect in 1972 murder commits suicide hours before conviction
By Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Edmonds, Wash. – The man accused of killing a 20-year-old woman in 1972 was found dead in his home, killing himself right before a jury convicted him of murder. Terrence Miller, 78, who was on trial for the 1972 murder of 20-year-old Jody Loomis, was found dead in […]
Human remains recovered in wooded area confirmed to be missing woman Kenna Harris
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Snohomish, Wash.– Human remains recovered in a secluded wooded area have been identified as Kenna Harris, a Monroe woman who has been missing for the last six months. Harris, 25, has been missing from the Snohomish area since March 31, 2020. She was last seen at a Subway […]
Fundraiser for Lake Ballinger drowning victim
By Mario Lotmore | Lynnwood Times Staff MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA, July 20, 2020 — Drowning victim at Lake Ballinger identified as Ismael Mazariegos Barreda, a 33-year old resident of Mountlake Terrace. Sunday, Barreda joined his siblings at Lake Ballinger to enjoy some fun at the lake. Barreda never returned from a swim to the lake’s […]
Community mourns victims of Lynnwood Townhouse Apartments Fire
Lynnwood Townhouse Apartments Fireby Mario Lotmore Hundreds attended the Memorial Service at First Lutheran Richmond Beach in Shoreline for Mardoqueo,7, and Victoria Jimenez-Lopez, 15, the victims of the Lynnwood Townhouse Apartments fire. Roxanne Vasquez, a relative of the family, remembered Mardoqueo as an “old soul” who loved to play with Legos. She described Victoria as quiet […]
Support 7 honors 45 years of volunteer service, and founder’s widow, with commemorative bricks
LYNNWOOD — At Heritage Park on August 30, Support 7 did more than unveil nearly 50 commemorative bricks. It paused to not only thank the people who have carried a quiet, around-the-clock ministry through some of South Snohomish County’s hardest hours but to also honor Lois Gaydos, the widow of founder Chaplain Ken Gaydos, whose […]
September 11: The day that changed America
On September 11, 2001, 19 men associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes – two were crashed into the World Trade Center, one crashed in the Pentagon and the other crashed just outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A total of 2,996 people were killed by this terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland. As […]
