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Profiler aids pipe bombs investigation

Posted: Friday, Oct 10, 2008 - 01:41:34 pm PDT
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By Candice Boutilier
Herald staff writer 

Specialist made suggestions

MOSES LAKE - A criminal profiler from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) made recommendations on the investigation of two August pipe bomb murders in Moses Lake.

The profiler reviewed documents and police records related to the incidents to provide a perspective about what type of person could have been responsible for both Moses Lake men's murders, Grant County Undersheriff John Turley said.

The profiler reviews patterns and analyzes the psyche of the crime to narrow possible suspects, he said. The profiler recommended areas for detectives to concentrate their efforts.

A link between the two deaths has yet to be established and investigators are still waiting on lab results concerning the bombs, Turley said.

The sheriff's office continues to work collectively with the ATF, Washington State Patrol Criminal Investigation Division and the FBI.

On Aug. 2, William Arleigh Walker, 69, Moses Lake, died from an explosion in a workshop at his home in eastern Moses Lake. The explosion was caused by a pipe bomb and ruled a homicide.

On Aug. 3, Javier Martinez Adame, 53, Moses Lake, died from a pipe bomb in his kitchen just outside the northern boundary of Moses Lake along Stratford Road.

Both incidents remain under investigation.

Anyone with information about the homicides can contact Det. Ryan Rectenwald or Det. Matt Messer at 509-754-2011.


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Mr. Office wrote on Oct 13, 2008 10:04 AM:

" Please keep you comments straight. Law enforcement did not declare Adame killed himself and they are investigating both as murders, meaning they have not determined what happened yet. Hence, the term investigating. Once the investigations are over, they will declare what happened ... murder, accident, etc.

Looked it up? Funny. "

Details_Please wrote on Oct 12, 2008 9:07 AM:

" I looked it up, and both are BEING INVESTIGATED as homicides. However, that doesn't classify them as murders. At present, the ATF is still trying to determine through investigation whether either of these is a homicide. "

Details_Please wrote on Oct 11, 2008 1:08 PM:

" In paragraph one, you claim that the ATF is investigating two pipe bomb murders. I thought the Adame explosion was clearly linked to Adame's construction of pipe bombs. Has it now been classified as a murder? "