Posted on 08/28/2005 6:56:04 AM PDT by vrwc0915
Two Bellingham men believed to be registered sex offenders were shot to death early Saturday morning and authorities are looking for a suspect who posed as an FBI agent to get into their house, Bellingham police said. The case is being handled as a double homicide, said Bellingham Police Lt. Craige Ambrose. Police cordoned off two houses Saturday, at 2825 and 2827 Northwest Ave.
The victims’ identities are being withheld until police can notify their next of kin.
Police said the suspect posed as an FBI agent to gain entry to one of the houses near the corner of Northwest and West Illinois Street. He is described as a white male in his late 40s, about 5-feet-9 to 6 feet tall and weighing 190 pounds. He was last seen Friday night at the residence by neighbors and a resident of the home.
The roommate found the two dead men around 3 a.m. Saturday. The three roommates and the suspect were last together around 9 p.m. Friday at the house, according to the Bellingham police.
The suspect arrived at the house Friday night wearing a black baseball cap with an FBI insignia on the front and a blue jump suit with a white stripe down the legs, the roommate told police.
The suspect is not an FBI agent, Ambrose said.
The man presented himself to the three roommates as a member of the FBI and said he wanted to talk to them about their Level III sex offender status, according to police.
The fake FBI agent told the roommates that one of them was on a “hit list” on an Internet site, according to the police. The roommate who reported the deaths left while the FBI imposter was still there, Ambrose said.
Ambrose would not confirm which roommates, if any, are registered sex offenders. But Sheryl Craig, a block watch captain, said neighbors previously received sex offender notices about all three residents from law enforcement.
The Bellingham Police Web site lists one sex offender living at 2825 Northwest Ave. and the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Web site lists two other sex offenders as living in the 2800 block of Northwest. The Whatcom County Assessor’s Web site shows one of the sex offenders listed with Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office as the owner of 2825 Northwest Ave.
Neighbors said the suspect stayed at the house for approximately two hours, according to the police.
Craig said she never noticed problems from any of the three sex offenders.
“They really kept to themselves,” she said. “I only saw them on their daily walks.
“We (neighbors) were told to let them be, but keep an eye on them,” she said.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Bellingham Police Department at 676-6920 or 911.
Two down.
I give two middle fingers to the lawyers who defended them.
Is this not the logical outcome of letting sex offenders off with light sentences and probation? If the law cannot or will not take care of the problem, the people eventually will....
I thought it was Bellingham MA for a moment, but it's really in WA.
Maybe, but there is no evidence that the hero used the internet to operate.
I'd like to buy that man a beer.
Level 3 offender status is as bad as you can get. Good riddance.
did you see the post where the victims ages were between 8-14?
I don't wanna know!
I guess it would be too much to expect "law enforcement" records to show the same information. Maybe the registration process needs some tweaking.
This is not my research but these are likely the three that lived at the house:
http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/sheriff/pdf/offregistry/marroquin.pdf
http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/sheriff/pdf/offregistry/gorden.pdf
http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/sheriff/pdf/offregistry/evans.pdf
I'd like to buy him a case of beer.
I bet that if they catch the killer, he won't get off with just having to 'register'.
I bet that if they catch the killer, he won't get off with just having to 'register'.
"They really kept to themselves, she said. "I only saw them on their daily walks (to scope out the nearest playground.)"
Can't say I'll shed a tear over this...
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