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The to-do list Take a drive: Right now is an excellent time to enjoy fall colors. Check out several ideas for day trips on Page D1.
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DIY glass: Try your hand at making fused glass from 1 to 4 p.m. today and Sunday at Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Ages 13 and older. No appointment needed. Prices start at $10.
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Puppets: See an internationally renowned puppeteer perform at 2 p.m. today in Mukilteo Hall at Edmonds Community College, 20310 68th Ave. W. Recommended for kids ages 5-11 and their families. Tickets $10, available at the door.
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Giles denies role in killing The convicted felon says he has no idea how his DNA ended up in the bloodsplattered car of Patti Berry more than 19 years ago. By Scott North Herald Writer
answered the judge’s questions from behind a glass wall separating inmates from the rest of the room. George is being housed at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center. He turned 17 last month. George is charged as an adult because of his age and the seriousness of the allegations. He is accused of bludgeoning his guardian, Gina Latshaw, 37,
EVERETT — The man charged with stabbing Patti Berry to death more than 19 years ago told detectives he has no idea how his DNA wound up inside the woman’s blood-soaked car. Danny Ross Giles also denied any involvement in the July 1995 killing. “No. Absolutely not,” Giles repeatedly said when accused by detectives. A jury Friday listened to a recording from the May 17, 2011 interview when Snohomish County sheriff ’s cold-case detective Jim Scharf confronted Giles with results from genetic tests. Giles’ denials were clear. Some of his explanations, however, were hard to follow. Giles at one point said that “it’s possible” he might have had sex with Berry, although he doesn’t remember ever meeting the 26-year-old Arlington woman. He also denied ever being in Berry’s car, but if his DNA was found there or at some other key location in the case, that means nothing, he said. “People touch stuff all the time,” Giles said. The recording was played as testimony in Giles’ first-degree murder trial concluded a second week. Lawyers on both sides said they expect to finish their cases sometime next week. Prosecutors allege that Giles killed Berry while she was headed for home after working a shift dancing at a strip club. Her body was dumped in the woods near the Everett Mall. Her 1985 Honda, its seats drenched in blood, was found parked near a car wash at 128th Street SE.
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A blue convertible Corvette Stingray lies in the median between northbound I-5 and the exit to Highway 526 near the Everett Mall after the driver, a 24-year-old Arlington woman, lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree on Friday afternoon.
Driver dies, passenger critically injured; second vehicle sought Herald Writer
EVERETT — A 24-year-old Arlington woman was killed Friday and her passenger, a 31-year-old Everett man, was critically injured after a crash on northbound I-5 near the
Everett Mall. The woman was driving a 1969 Corvette Stingray convertible when she lost control and struck a tree at 1:25 p.m., said trooper Mark Francis with the Washington State Patrol. Witnesses told investigators the Corvette was racing with
another vehicle, a white or silver Chevrolet SUV or a pickup with a canopy, Francis said. The driver of that vehicle, described as a young white man, could face felony charges. “According to witnesses, he stopped after the collision happened, backed up, looked at the
scene and took off,” Francis said. The case is being investigated as a potential vehicular homicide. It wasn’t immediately clear if the two vehicles made contact before the crash, Francis said. The Corvette was sheared in See CRASH, Page A4
Lawyers seek more time in teen’s case They say they need to continue reviewing mental health findings about the boy, who is accused of killing his guardian. By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
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EVERETT — A teenager has undergone an extensive mental health evaluation in the months since he was accused of murdering his guardian. A Snohomish County Superior Court judge was told Friday
that lawyers need more time to review the findings and sort out if the evaluation could affect how they proceed. The prosecutor had not seen the evaluation as of Friday. He expected to get the report by the end of the month. Attorney Robert O’Neal confirmed in the hearing that he is exploring a possible defense
Kim Watch Has anyone asked Dennis Rodman? Speculation over the month-long absence of North Korea leader Kim Jung Un from the public eye was heightened as the country celebrated a national holiday, again without Kim’s presence. He was last seen about a month ago, limping and said to be suffering from “discomfort.”
Some speculate Kim has gout from eating too much cheese (Page A7). “How unfortunate,” commented millions of North Koreans. “But what is this thing you call ‘eating?’ ” Bud vs. bud: Contrary to earlier research that warned that medical marijuana could eat into sales of beer, new figures show little effect on beer drinking in states
connected to the boy’s mental health issues. He said he is hopeful that the case can be resolved without a trial. O’Neal reassured Judge Michael Downes that the teen understands the need to move the trial date to April. There are no concerns about his competency to assist in his lawyers, the public defender said. Brad George was not called forward to the front of the courtroom Friday. Instead, he
where medical or recreational marijuana is legal. “The average blue-collar Bud drinker is less likely to be smoking pot,” an analyst said (Page A8). And the average bluecollar pot smoker is less likely to be drinking anything but Mountain Dew. Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt
became the first former U.S. president to fly in an airplane during a visit to St. Louis (Today in History, Page D4). He also became the first former president to force an unscheduled landing when the passenger in front of him reclined his seat, prompting T.R. to threaten to get his Rough Rider sword from the overhead bin.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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