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Bonney Lake police find human remains Man suspected of homicide after reporting girlfriend missing By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
Bonney Lake police have arrested an Inlet Island man on suspicion of homicide after human remains were found in his residence Sunday Morning. The remains are believed to belong to the man’s girlfriend, who has been identified as
Mary Mushapaidzi, 42. According to police, the man called police at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday to report his girlfriend missing. He told police she left to go jogging at 5:30 a.m. and never returned. Police said the man was acting suspicious during their discussions. “We came out and spoke with him and decided we need to get the detectives involved,” Bonney Lake Sgt. Tom Longtine said Monday morning. Bonney Lake detectives and members of the Metro Crime Response Team received
a search warrant for the premises in the 4700 block of North Island Drive and located the remains inside. According to police, the remains could not be identified because of their condition, but the search Mary Mushapaidzi for the missing woman has been called off. According to Longtine, the couple are
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Orton Junction project moves on
Weather Today, Wednesday, should bring a chance of rain with highs in the mid-60s. Thursday should be sunny, but the rain returns in time for the weekend with highs near 60. www.blscourierherald.com click on weather
By Daniel Nash
Coming Up Sound Transit is hosting an open house to discuss improvements as part of the 2008 Sound Transit 2 ballot measure. The open house is scheduled from from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, at the Sumner Sounder Station. For details go to: www.blscourierherald.com click on Icon
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Cars wait at the intersection of state Route 410 and Sky Island Drive. The intersection will be improved and the road widened as part of the traffic mitigation involved in the Franciscan Medical Pavilion Project. Photo by Brian Beckley/To view or buy photos go to www. blscourierherald.com.
Deal reached over intersection By Brian Beckley Staff Writer
The construction company in charge of building the new Franciscan health building in Bonney Lake have reached an agreement with the city regarding the traffic mitigation at the
intersection near their site. According to the draft agreement with the city, Franciscan will pay the city $1 million and dedicate a strip of land as right-of-way. The money will be used for frontage improvements includ-
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That’s two for, and one against: the Urban Growth Area amendment that would allow the construction of Orton Junction in Sumner crept closer to a Pierce County Council vote, following approval by the Community Development Committee Oct. 3. The committee—comprised of five of the seven members of the county council and including local councilman Dan Roach—stamped its approval onto the amendment following more than two hours of consideration, replete with impassioned argument from both sides of the issue. Representatives from the city of Sumner, MultiCare Health System, Friends of Pierce County and community and land preser-
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