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January 25, 2008

Seattle Police have another guy in custody in regards to the killing of Shannon Harps, and this time it seems like it's actually the guy who did it. The Seattle Times says that his DNA matches that found at the scene. Perhaps the scariest detail is that it seems like the two were complete strangers. "They had no previous contact to our knowledge," said Deputy Chief Clark Kimerer. He was found already in jail on......

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January 24, 2008

We may have the lowest crime rate in 40 years, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Depressing crime news item #1 The guy cops thought might have killed Shannon Harps did not kill Shannon Harps. At least, his DNA didn't match samples found at the scene. He'll likely be released today. Once again, cops are suspect-less in the murder which happened three weeks ago now, and the terrifying possibility that Harps was murdered at......

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January 22, 2008

Following the announcement that Seattle's crime rate is the lowest it's been in 40 years, Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur has an article about how it doesn't feel that way, given the the shooting at the party downtown, the shooting of DéChé Morrison, the stabbing of Shannon Harps, the schoolteacher who got beat into the pavement on East Pine, and the woman hit in the head with a hammer. I was glad to hear about......

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January 17, 2008

An artist who "used his own blood as ink" is now cops' main suspect in the murder of Shannon Harps. The 29-year-old man was picked up three days after the murder on a parole violation--being drunk on New Year's Eve, the night Harps was murdered. Cops haven't charged him with anything. They interviewed him the night he was arrested because, according to the P-I, a tipster said he "had made statements about the case in......

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