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47.5 years in ‘brutal’ death Man Danny Ross Giles sentenced for murdering Patti Berry in 1995
pulled from Stilly He ended up with hypothermia after the river jumped its banks and overwhelmed a homeless camp before dawn Tuesday. By Rikki King Herald Writer
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trips along the river. When Patti Berry’s family would come together, the loss and unanswered questions were always right there, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Bruce Weiss was told Wednesday. Would the person who ended her life at 26 ever be identified? Would he be held to account for the 1995 killing? A jury last month found Danny
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EVERETT — For more than 19 years he was the focus of their pain and fear. He was the faceless specter in nightmares, the reason for making sure all the doors were locked tight. He wrung the joy from Sunday dinner gatherings, from camping
Ross Giles guilty of first-degree murder in Berry’s killing. It was a conviction built on persistence and DNA tests and the lies Giles told to distance himself after being confronted by cold-case detectives. On Wednesday, members of the slain Arlington woman’s large See GILES, back page, this section
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EVERETT — Republican Mark Harmsworth increased his lead on Democrat Mike Wilson in their race for an open state House seat following a second day of ballot counting Wednesday. Harmsworth, a Mill Creek
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Harmsworth had a 768-vote advantage in the contest for the two-year term representing the 44th District which includes Mill Creek, Snohomish, Lake Stevens and parts of Everett and Marysville. The winner will succeed Republican Mike Hope, who resigned in July. “Obviously, the numbers are
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encouraging,” Harmsworth said. “It’s still a close race, but we’re moving in the right direction.” A spokeswoman for the Wilson campaign said they are hopeful returns will break their way in the next couple of days. Wednesday’s totals reflect the
It’s the only type of cookery in which the finished dishes are supposed to look just like a dog’s dinner. Speaking of mystery meat: Hoping to boost sagging sales, McDonald’s reached for an old standby Wednesday: the annual return of the McRib
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sandwich at participating restaurants (Business Briefly, Page A7). If you’ve never tried one, a McRib consists of a pork patty topped with barbecue sauce, onions and pickles, and pretty much looks like it was made by the cook-yourown-dog-food people. Swallowed up: MacroShort Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1
brewer Anheuser-Busch will buy microbrewer 10 Barrel Brewing of Bend, Oregon, maker of Apocalypse IPA (Business Briefly, Page A7). Fun fact: The quantity of Bud Light Lime regurgitated by frat boys on an average Friday night exceeds 10 Barrel Brewing’s entire annual output.
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Patti Berry’s aunt, Judy Krohn (left), mother, Nancy Stensrud (center), and daughter, Jessica Berry, react as Judge Bruce Weiss sentences Danny Ross Giles to 47.5 years in prison. Giles (below, right) seemed bored through much of the sentencing.
ARLINGTON — When the Stillaguamish River jumped its banks before dawn Tuesday, it swallowed up a homeless camp, leaving a man stranded as the water rose around him. Firefighters got the man’s call for help about 6:30 a.m., Arlington Rural Fire Chief Travis Hots said. The man, whose age and other details were not released, already had been in the water for hours and was suffering from hypothermia. It was dark and rainy. Arlington Rural volunteers were joined by the Stillaguamish Swift Water Rescue Team, made up of crews from throughout north Snohomish County. The man was trapped near the South Fork Stilly, just west of Twin Rivers Park, Hots said. He was about 100 yards from the river in a flooded grove of cottonwood. The rising water and thick brush meant crews couldn’t reach the man on foot, Hots said. They considered summoning a rescue helicopter, but the weather wasn’t favorable. Tree trunks and other debris were moving swiftly downstream. The hovercraft had to pause at times to get out of the way and avoid being struck, Hots said. The hovercraft was launched, and crews were stationed at various locations as spotters, ready to throw out special buoyant rescue ropes if things went south. When the hovercraft’s path was blocked by trees and brush, rescuers walked out to the man through several feet of water, Hots said. They put a lifejacket on him and helped him walk back to the vessel. An ambulance was waiting on the other side of the raging river. Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
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