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King County prosecutor Norm Maleng says he will seek the death penalty for Conner Schierman who is accused of killing four people in Kirkland last summer. Maleng said he deliberated for ten days after receiving a mitigation packet from Schierman's defense attorneys. The packet included information about Schierman's mental health history. Prosecutors filed the notice to seek the death penalty at a hearing in King County Superior Court this morning. Schierman, 25, is accused of killing his neighbor Olga Milkin; her sister Lyubov Botvina; and Milkin's two small sons, Justin and Andrew, on July 17 and then setting their Kirkland...

Red Cross officials have contacted the military commander of a Kirkland man whose family died in a house fire Monday afternoon, and he is expected to return from overseas in the coming days, authorities said Tuesday. Two children, at least one adult and another person, possibly a teenager, were found dead after a fire destroyed a home in the 9500 block of Slater Avenue Northeast about 11:30 a.m. Kirkland Fire Marshal Grace Steuart said investigators with the King County Medical Examiner's Office were able to remove the victims from the home late Monday. The Medical Examiner's Office has not released...

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