A body was found Tuesday morning, May 29, inside a burning Class-C, E450 Ford motorhome parked in the driveway of a Normandy Park house.
Normandy Park Interim Chief of Police Chris L. Gaddis told the Highline Times, "At a little after 7:00 o'clock this morning our officer and King County Fire were dispatched to the 1900 block of Southwest 170th Street for a report of a motorhome on fire. Once we were on the scene the fire department put out the fire. There were reports that an elderly female was living in the motorhome as kind of a caretaker (for residents) inside the house.The King County medical examiner is on the scene along with the fire investigator from the Tukwila Fire Department, and it could be quite a while until we know more. The King County fire investigator is on medical leave now so Tukwila Fire Marshall Don Tomaso is doing some reciprocal work for him."
The body was found on the floor between the back sleeping area and the front of the cab. A woman in her 70's and her cat had been living in the motorhome since March. If her name is released, it would be done so by the King County Medical Examiner.
Man flees US Marshals in Sea Tac
U.S. marshals are looking for Corey Clairmont, a man wanted on a federal probation violation warrant at large after a brief pursuit with police in SeaTac Thursday afternoon, May 31. Police said the Clairmont was originally had a federal gun charge. U.S. Marshals and King County sheriff's deputies attempted to stop Clairmont while driving on International Boulevard in SeaTac. He led deputies on a brief pursuit, then jumped out of the vehicle and ran from the 3100 block of South 167th Street. Clairmont is believed to be armed.
3-year-old was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight at Sea-Tac
A fussy 3-year-old was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight at Sea-Tac Airport when he wouldn’t sit up properly in his seat belt, the airline said.
Mark Yanchuck was in row 23 with his 3-year-old son, Daniel, on Saturday’s red-eye to Miami. Mark Yanchuck’s 1-year-old son, Dennis, his wife, Svetlana and her mother were sitting up front. Flight attendants tried to help and moved the boy’s mother, Svetlana Yanchuck, back to sit with her 3-year-old.
The plane went about 50 feet and then stopped. The pilot announced they were headed back to the gate. When it arrived, Mark Yanchuck was told he and Daniel had to get off, so the family disembarked.The Everett family was headed to the Virgin Islands nd declined Alaska's offer to rebook them on another flight. The airline said it’s working to get the family a refund.
Burien man accused of attacking his sister’s killer while both were jailed charged with assault
A Burien man, Jessie Sosefaika Koke, 23, is accused of attacking his sister’s killer while both were jailed. He has been charged with assault.
Prosecutors say he seriously injured Anthony H. Smith during an Oct. 4 attack at King County Jail in Seattle. Smith was serving time in thenAug. 16 shooting death of Koke’s sister, Sweetheart Marie Failautusi. Smith ultimately pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Failautusi was shot to death in West Seattle following a chance argument. King County prosecutors say Koke got away and attacked Smith when he and several other inmates were being transferred from their cells to the King County Courthouse.
