Port Orchard murder suspect confessed in note
Nov 7, 2014, 12:52 PM | Updated: 3:06 pm
A note allegedly written by Port Orchard murder suspect David Kalac says he brutally killed his girlfriend because he was drunk and “she pissed me off.”
The note was found by detectives in Clackamas County, Oregon, in the woods where he hid after fleeing Washington state.
It’s included in a statement of probable cause filed by prosecutors who charged him with first degree murder Friday.
“I strangled her with my hands then a shoelace. I had no reason other than I was drunk and she pissed me off. Running from the cops was so fun,” he allegedly wrote.
Kalac is accused of killing Amber Lynn Coplin, 30, in the apartment they shared in Port Orchard. Her body was found by her 13-year-old son Tuesday afternoon. The coroner determined she died of strangulation and blunt force trauma to her head.
Kalac allegedly posted graphic pictures of Coplin’s body after her death on the Internet.
In one of the posts, he complains she was having a relationship with another man and admits strangling her with a wire.
“Check the news for port orchard Washington in a few hours,” he wrote. “Her son will be home from school soon. He’ll find her, then call the cops. I just wanted to share the pics before they find me. I bought a bb gun that looks realistic enough. When they come, I’ll pull it and it will be suicide by cop.”
Kalac was ordered held on $2 million bail in his initial court appearance Friday. He’ll be back in court to enter a pleas next week.
KIRO Radio’s Brandi Kruse was in court and captured this video of Kalac being led in Friday:
