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VOL. 28, NO. 16 | COVER ILLUSTRATION: DEREK HARRISON
COMMENT NEWS COVER STORY CULTURE
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I SAW YOU GREEN ZONE ADVICE GODDESS BULLETIN BOARD
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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t the center of this week’s must-read cover story are FIVE MEN. The first is a 40-yearold Army vet who survived multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq only to be beaten to death in Spokane Valley. The second is the man who killed him. The third is an innocent man arrested in front of his kids for a crime he didn’t commit. The fourth is a Spokane County sheriff’s detective who arrested the wrong man but later told prosecutors who the real killer was. The fifth is Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell, who declined to do anything with the investigation, citing “potential problems” with the “credibility” of the case. But while the case may be officially closed, it’s certainly not over for the families involved, for the kids who watched their father get whisked away one night, and for the kids whose father will never come home again. Don’t miss staff writer Wilson Criscione’s special report on page 14. — JACOB H. FRIES, editor
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