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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015 | Vol. 18, No. 25 | WWW.BREMERTONPATRIOT.COM | 50¢
IN THIS EDITION
Suspect arrested Central Kitsap murders Authorities: Test fire round in suspect’s possession matches 11 shell casings found at crime scene BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
NEWS Crews fight state’s largest complex fire
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OPINION Coordinating Kitsap County fair is a ‘ballet’
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NEWS Bremer Trust manager to retire
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NEWS Gabriel Gaeta trial to begin Jan. 11
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CENTRAL KITSAP – Kitsap County Sheriff ’s Office detectives said investigating the murder of Heather Kelso and Kaden Lum was like putting the many pieces of a puzzle together. They were trying to use all those bits and pieces to – as Lt. Det. Earl Smith put it – “paint a picture.” The picture KSCO painted was released Aug. 20 in the form of a nine-page certificate of probable cause. The document shows details of suspect Geraldo “Jerry” Castro DeJesus, 30, of Port Orchard, whom KSCO alleges committed the murders.
There were four people in trailer No. 21 at Kariotis Mobile Estates at 3060 NE McWilliams Road in Central Kitsap in the early hours of March 28: Kelso, her roommate Jalisa Lum’s 2-year-old son, Kaden, and Kelso’s friend, Mathew Dean. Jalisa and Kaden fell asleep around midnight. Dean said that Kelso went outside to smoke. Two gun shots rang out and Kelso came back inside with bullet wounds in each leg. Dean was then shot and yelled for Jalisa to call 911. He went into the room where Jalisa and Kaden were sleeping and jumped out the window. SEE KARIOTIS, A8
Chris Tucker / staff photo
Sheriff Gary Simpson addresses members of the press at the Kitsap County administration building on Aug. 20 following the arrest of Geraldo DeJesus in connection with a double-homicide.
Father says slain son ‘just Almost 500 people an all-around good kid’ homeless in Kitsap; BY PETER O’CAIN POCAIN@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
PORT ORCHARD — Kaden Lum’s father, James Trammell, spoke to members of the media following a detective’s briefing Aug. 20. Tr a m m e l l s a i d t h at although the arrest of Geraldo DeJesus is comforting, it won’t bring back his son. “It doesn’t change anything; nothing’s gonna bring him back but to know that (DeJesus is) not breathing the fresh air or enjoying the Fourth of July he just had or July 24 on Kaden’s birthday while he was out possibly spending time with his family, to know that he won’t have that again is pretty comforting,” Trammell said. Trammell said he’s never met DeJesus, but has suspected him all along. He believes DeJesus wasn’t after Kaden the
James Trammell, father of Kaden Lum. night of the murders. “My personal opinion is that Kaden wasn’t intentional,” Trammell said. “Heather may be a different story but I don’t think Kaden was intentional.” He said waiting for the arrest of a suspect has never left his mind. “The first thing you think about when you wake up, the
last thing you think about when you go to sleep,” Trammell said. “It’s like somebody’s just drilling into the side of your head.” He’s tried to cope by immersing himself in work and with motorcycles. “Work and motorcycles. That’s about it,” Trammell said. “Get up, go to work, come home, get on the bike, then when I get back at night go to sleep. Sleeping’s the only thing that turns my brain off.” Kaden would’ve turned 3 years old July 24. Trammell said he loved playing outside and especially loved being with his mother. “He was just an all-around good kid,” Trammell said. “I mean, everybody says that about their own kid but he wasn’t even old enough to know right from wrong.”
likely more BY ROBERT SMITH RSMITH@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
496. According to statistics gathered during Kitsap County’s annual Point in Time Count earlier this year, that’s how many people who could be classified as homeless in Kitsap County. The Kitsap Continuum of Care Coalition — a collection of private and public social-services agencies in the county — reported the figures, which are to be part of an updated Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan presented to the Board of County Commissioners by the end of this year. While the numbers of homeless individuals help define the problem in Kitsap County, it’s not the whole story. Kirsten Jewell, human services coordinator with the county’s Housing and Homelessness program as administered by the Department of Human Services, said the number of homeless identified is probably low. “There’s definitely an undercount because we don’t have data from people who are not seeking services,” Jewell said. Jewell said two-thirds of the people in Kitsap County seeking services and attempting to get stable housing have been homeSEE HOMELESS, A9
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