New documents have been filed in the case against a man formerly accused of killing three members of the Goggin family. Prosecutors will use the latest motion to revoke Kevin Harper's plea deal during a September hearing.
Yakima County Prosecutors have decided they will not file a motion to close hearings to the media in the Kevin Harper case...the man who authorities originally charged in the Goggin murder case. prosecutors had said the new evidence could hurt Kevin Harper's right to a fair trial...
Yakima television stations have teamed with The Yakima Herald-Republic to fight the Yakima County prosecutor's request to close upcoming Kevin Harper hearings.
At one time, Harper was the main suspect in the 2011 brutal killings of the Goggin family...
A trial date has been set in May for Tennance Buckingham. Police say Buckingham helped former triple murder suspect Kevin Harper get rid of evidence, and now he will face a jury for it.
Buckingham is charged with trafficking stolen property and rendering criminal assistance...
Yakima County Prosecutors and Sheriff's Detectives say they will continue to investigate the murders of Bill, Pauline and Betty Goggin in their West Valley home, but currently no one in charged in the crime reported in February 2011. On Friday, Yakima County prosecutors announced that charges were dropped against Tracy Culton, the only remaining suspect...
West Valley triple murder suspect Tracey Culton appeared in court on Thursday. The court decided a big jury pool will be needed to find an impartial panel.
Yakima County plans to send more than a thousand questionnaires to create a jury pool of 300...
Despite a plea bargain agreement that allowed 30-year-old Kevin Harper to escape murder charges last month the investigation into the Goggin family murders continues. Yakima County Chief Deputy Stew Graham says investigators are now focusing on Tracy Culton, the only other suspect charged with murder in the case...
It was the plea deal that shocked Yakima; a year and a half after three people were found brutally beaten to death it their West Valley home, prosecutors decided they did not have the evidence to convict their prime suspect Kevin Harper...
Despite a plea bargain agreement that allowed 30-year-old Kevin Harper to escape murder charges, an investigation in the case continues. Yakima County Chief Deputy Stew Graham told KIT News the murders continue to be investigated and two new detectives have been assigned to the case...