seattle u.s. attorney who was murdered

Who was the assistant attorney who was shot?

Wales, an assistant U.S. Attorney, was shot and killed while he was working in the basement of his Seattle home on October 11, 2001.

When was Thomas Wales murdered?

Thomas Wales was murdered on October 11, 2001, while he was working in the basement of his Seattle home.

When did Rosenstein arrive in Seattle?

The United States Department of Justice, meanwhile, announced that then- Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would arrive in Seattle on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, to brief media on the progress of the 16-year-old investigation.

Why was John McKay dismissed?

It has been suggested by the media that U.S Attorney John McKay was dismissed in part due to his request that resource allocation for the Wales investigation remain high. In June 2007, the FBI cut the staff assigned to the case down to two.

Is the Bellevue case unsolved?

As of 2018, however, the case remained unsolved and no evidence has been found to establish a motive. An airplane pilot living in Bellevue, a firearms enthusiast who Wales had prosecuted, was investigated and his home searched, but he was not charged.

Who was the murderer of the Goldmark family?

Murder of the Goldmark family. On Christmas Eve 1985, David Lewis Rice (born 1958), a follower of a right-wing extremist magazine and group the Duck Club, gained entry to the Seattle home of civil litigation attorney Charles Goldmark using a toy gun and pretending to be a deliveryman.

Why was Rice not guilty of the murder?

Rice believed the family to be Jewish and Communist. At trial, Rice argued he was not responsible for the crime because he was insane at the time. Rice was convicted in 1986 of aggravated murder for the four deaths and was sentenced to death. The conviction was later overturned on the grounds of an incompetent defense.

Where is Rice in jail?

Rice is currently incarcerated in Washington State Penitentiary . Charles Goldmark's brother is former Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands and head of the Washington Department of Natural Resources Peter J. Goldmark . Rice was interviewed for the 1987 PBS documentary, Faces of the Enemy.

Is Rice still in prison?

In 1998, he pleaded guilty to the crimes in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. He remains in prison serving out a life sentence .

Was the Goldmark murder a hate crime?

The Goldmark Murders remain one of the most notorious anti-Semitic hate crimes as well as politically motivated killings in recent memory in the United States, even though the victims were not actually Jewish and Communist as the killer mistakenly believed.