Courts & Crime

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Cristina Ase

Vancouver woman, 61, still missing; no person of interest identified by Vancouver or Oregon police

April 1, 2024, 10:44am Clark County News Free

The Vancouver Police Department is working with police in Oregon to locate a missing Vancouver woman, whose disappearance is believed to be suspicious. Read story

Ariel Garcia, 4, was earlier reported missing but was found dead Thursday near Everett. The boy’s mother was arrested Wednesday in Ridgefield on suspicion of lying to investigators about his whereabouts.

Mother of missing Everett boy, later found dead, arrested in Ridgefield with blood on her clothes, say investigators

March 29, 2024, 3:42pm Clark County News

The mother of a missing 4-year-old Everett boy who was later found dead was arrested Wednesday in Ridgefield after investigators said she lied to them about her son’s whereabouts. Read story

Ronda J. Knapp, 50, appears May 11 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide in connection with a Feb. 4, 2022, fatal crash in Yacolt. Knapp was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison.

Yacolt woman gets more than five years in 2022 DUI crash that killed passenger

March 29, 2024, 2:54pm Clark County News

A Yacolt woman was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for a 2022 crash that killed her passenger. She was driving with a blood-alcohol content about four times the legal limit. Read story

James Rummell, 49, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder. He’s accused of hiring a friend to kill his wife.

Hockinson man facing murder charges in alleged murder-for-hire plot of his wife held without bail until Monday

March 29, 2024, 2:31pm Clark County News

Prosecutors intend to charge a Hockinson man with aggravated first-degree murder, court records show, for allegations he hired a friend to kill his wife. Read story

A “vehicle of interest” was recovered in Ridgefield in connection to missing 4-year-old Ariel Garcia, who was found dead outside of Everett on March 28.

Mother arrested in Clark County day after ‘vehicle of interest’ in Everett missing boy case found in Ridgefield

March 29, 2024, 1:25pm Clark County News

The mother of a missing 4-year-old Everett boy found dead Thursday outside the city was arrested in Clark County, according to the Everett Herald newspaper. A vehicle associated with the case was found earlier this week in Ridgefield. Read story

Camas-Washougal Fire battalion chief accused of killing wife had yearslong affair, according to court documents

Kevin West, 49, of Washougal appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Jan. 8 strangulation death of his wife, Marcelle “Marcy” West.

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief suspected of strangling his wife in January was apparently having an on-and-off affair for 20 years, and he planned to leave his wife on the day of her slaying, court documents show. Read story

Courts & Crime

Vancouver woman, 61, still missing; no person of interest identified by Vancouver or Oregon police

Mother of missing Everett boy, later found dead, arrested in Ridgefield with blood on her clothes, say investigators

Yacolt woman gets more than five years in 2022 DUI crash that killed passenger

Hockinson man facing murder charges in alleged murder-for-hire plot of his wife held without bail until Monday

Mother arrested in Clark County day after ‘vehicle of interest’ in Everett missing boy case found in Ridgefield

Clark County Jail Work Center expansion slated; could add up to 64 beds

Husband, suspected in a murder-for-hire plot, arrested after wife’s fatal shooting in Hockinson

61-year-old Vancouver woman’s disappearance considered suspicious, say police

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before overdosing, says report

Camas-Washougal Fire battalion chief accused of killing wife had yearslong affair, according to court documents