Fire-ology firegeezer on 13 Aug 2008 07:30 am
Great Northwest Updates
THERE HAS BEEN AN ARREST in the case of the woman found in a bag in her burning house Friday (see Firegeezer report and video HERE).
The medical examiner reported Monday evening that Eva Poe, 44, had been stabbed to death. Yesterday the Tacoma police interviewed her 27-yr.-old husband of 8 months in the hospital where he is being treated for injuries received from the fire. After the interview they announced that he will be arrested for her murder after he is released from medical care.
They are saying that the couple began arguing Wednesday night and the conflict carried over until Thursday when the assault probably occurred. The husband tried to clean up the crime scene and then set the fire to cover up the evidence.
The Tacoma News Tribune has all the details HERE.
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THE “MACHETE LADY” OF SEATTLE (Firegeezer report HERE) is believed to have used gasoline to set herself on fire which then spread through the house. Neighbors told the Seattle Times that the 52-yr.-old had long been a very nice and pleasant lady but in the past couple of months had been acting strangely.
They recounted that she went around the neighborhood and physically lowered all the street signs. She also began doing “martial-art dances” in her front yard.
Read the Seattle Times background story HERE.
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A LYNWOOD, WASHINGTON WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED with setting a fire in her motel room on Sunday morning.
When Lynwood firefighters arrived on the scene just after 9:30 am they found smoke coming from the woman’s room and several other tenants evacuating and in distress from the smoke which had spread throughout the motel. Three people were transported to the hospital and a man had to be taken from the 3rd floor by ladder.
Police say that the woman who had been living at the Best Lynnwood Motor Inn for a week, said she intentionally started the fire and walked out of the unit, adding that she started the fire because she believed she would be able to collect financial assistance from the American Red Cross. The 2-alarm fire cause $400,000 damage to the hotel.
KING-TV Ch. 5 has the REPORT.
