King County Crime Dive podcast.

King County Crime Dive podcast.

Sentencing in ‘suitcase murders’ | Podcast

King County Crime Dive podcast.

In this episode, a Burien man is convicted for murdering two people and dumping their bodies in a suitcase; Renton police investigate the death of a 40-year-old woman who was found lying on the road; a former Kentlake High School science teacher faces a charge of communication with a minor for immoral purposes after he allegedly told a 15-year-old student “that he loved her and wanted to have sex with her.”

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Each episode of the King County Crime Dive podcast features original watchdog reporting from our local journalists with a focus on how we hold our public entities and public officials accountable.

Stories for the King County Crime Dive are first reported in Sound Publishing’s King County newspapers: Federal Way Mirror, Auburn Reporter, Kent Reporter, Renton Reporter, Enumclaw Courier-Herald, Mercer Island Reporter, Snoqualmie Valley Record, Kirkland Reporter, Issaquah Reporter, Redmond Reporter, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, Bellevue Reporter and Seattle Weekly.




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