aggravated first-degree murder

SEATTLE (AP) — The man convicted of killing a Seattle police officer in 2009 has died in prison. The Seattle Times reports that Christopher Monfort was found dead in his cell Wednesday morning at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A young man accused of shooting and killing three people at a house party in July near Seattle has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Allen Ivanov pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder for wounding two other victims...

RICHLAND (AP) — A former Spokane man who spent two decades on death row has died of cardiac arrest. Dwayne Woods died on Sunday night at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington. The state Department of Corrections says the 46-year-old Woods went into cardiac arrest while in the hospital for chronic illness...

KENNEWICK (AP) — A former Washington state corrections officer is pleading innocent to charges of aggravated first degree murder and kidnapping. 49-year-old Theresa L. Wiltse pleaded innocent Wednesday in Benton County Superior Court to charges of kidnapping and killing a Kennewick woman earlier this month...

TRI-CITIES (AP) — A man convicted of killing his 18-year-old girlfriend and her toddler in southeastern Washington has been sentenced to life in prison. The Tri-City Herald reports 26-year-old Prudencio Juan Fragos-Ramirez was given two life sentences Wednesday after being found guilty of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The parents of the 19-year-old man charged with fatally shooting three other teens and wounding a fourth at a party in suburban Seattle last weekend say they are anguished over what happened. They say they taught their son, Allen Ivanov, to love life and respect other people, and that "never in our worst nightmares did we think it would come to such tragedy for our famil