Spanaway man tells jail staff he killed his wife, child
Aug 29, 2012, 5:47 AM | Updated: 4:24 pm
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office says a man walked in to the jail in Tacoma at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday to turn himself him in.
The suspect decided to confess to shooting his wife and 11-year-old daughter after attempting to clean the blood from his Spanaway home and his car.
Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address in the 15500 block of 20th Avenue Court East and found two bodies.
The 40-year-old suspect said he shot his wife, 41-year-old Kristi Holmes, in her sleep early Tuesday morning.
He then woke up his daughter, 11-year-old Violet Holmes, and her friend who was sleeping over and put them in his car. He dropped the girl’s friend off at her Auburn home.
The suspect told police that he drove around with his daughter for “some time” before pulling over to the side of the road and shooting her while she sat in the car.
He then drove to a fast food restaurant in Spanaway where he purchased a meal for himself. He got home and placed his daughter’s body in bed next to his wife.
The suspect was reportedly hiding financial issues from his wife and lied to her about a home they were supposed to be moving to.
The suspect has been booked into Pierce County Jail on two counts of first degree murder. The investigation is on-going.
The Associated Press and KIRO Reporter Tim Haeck contributed to this report.
