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Authorities this morning focused on two crime scenes — the properties where Deputy Anne Jackson and an Alger man were killed and where the bodies of two construction workers were found — as the next step of the investigation into Tuesday’s rampage in northern Skagit County.
Six people died, and four were hurt.
“These are very large crime scenes. and our investigators want to make sure they are very thorough in their investigation,” said Sgt. Robert Goetz, Snohomish Count Multiple Agency Response Team.
Goetz gave an investigation update this morning at a press conference in the Mount Vernon Municipal Courthouse. The update included releasing the remaining four names of the six people who died Tuesday afternoon and the name of one of four wounded.
The homicide victims are Chester Rose, 58, or Alger, Julie Binschus, 48, of Alger, Greg Gillum, 38, of Mount Vernon, David Radcliffe, 58, of Clear Lake, Sheriff’s Deputy Anne Jackson and Leroy Lange, 64, of Methow. Authorities also released the name of Binschus’ wounded husband, Fred Binschus, 56, who remained hospitalized this morning.
Authorities have said they believe that a mentally disturbed man killed five of the victims and wounded two others in the Alger neighborhood where his parents live before he fled in a pickup to Interstate 5, wounding two more and killing a motorist during his flight.
Authorities have only said that Jackson, who was responding to a trespasser complaint, and Leroy Lange, the motorist, were shot. The causes of death for the others weren’t released today.
Isaac L. Zamora, 28, of Alger was arrested Tuesday after a high-speed chase that ended at the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office. He’s being held in the Snohomish County Jail on investigation of six counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in lieu of $5 million bail.
The Skagit County Prosecutor’s Office anticipates filing charges Friday, Goetz said.
An autopsy of Lange, the motorist, was performed earlier this week in Skagit County, Goetz said.
The bodies of the five other victims, including Jackson, will be transported today to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner in Everett, where authorities said they expect autopsies will be performed later this week. The Snohomish facility has state-of-the-art equipment and is larger than Skagit County Coroner’s Office.
“They have the resources that we need to do justice to the victims in this case,” Goetz said.
A police escort will accompany Jackson’s body to Everett. A memorial service for Jackson is planned for next week. Details will be announced later today.
Authorities are still working to piece together exactly what happened and when. Once done, investigators will need to compile the evidence to learn what happened, Goetz said.
Although they have a rough timeline of events, they still haven’t collected all the evidence and couldn’t provide details of Jackson’s or Zamora’s movements the afternoon of the slayings.
“We simply are not close to figuring that out yet,” Goetz said. “There is a possibly that we may not know what steps the suspect took and how he went from house to house.”
Visibly struggling with strong emotions, Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt Thursday morning read a statement from Jackson’s family, describing their pride in her and thanking law enforcement, the public, relatives and friends for offers of assistance and comfort.
“She saw her job as an opportunity to help the people in her community,” read Reichardt from the statement this morning.
The family harbors no animosity toward Isaac Zamora or his family, according to the statement. Jackson’s brother struggled with a “similar mental affliction,” they said.
“The sorrows and tragedies of mental illness affect the health of the whole community,” Reichardt read from the statement.
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