GUILTY Wa - Gail Doyle (missing), 60, Olympia, 2 June 2016 *arrest*

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Cops search of home in Olympia area for missing Lacey grandmother comes up empty

A search in the Olympia area for Gail Doyle, a 60-year-old grandmother who disappeared June 2 has come up empty.

http://komonews.com/news/local/cops-search-backyard-in-xxxx-for-missing-lacey-grandmother​

 

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On Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office turned to Stidd’s backyard. The Sheriff’s Office dug up portions of Stidd’s backyard on Thursday, but didn’t find any remains, Carter said.

According to court documents, Doyle may have been killed in a detached garage on Stidd’s property. Blood splatter was found on the floor, and DNA likely belonging to Doyle was identified on a hammer wrapped with strands of blonde hair.

Carter said the search continues in other areas, but she didn’t give specific search locations.

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article87194502.html

 

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Accused killer of missing Olympia grandmother seeks release

Gail Doyle’s family, struggling to heal from her June murder, has a new reason to be upset.

Doyle’s accused killer, James Stidd, wants to be released while he awaits trial for the murder. Stidd is scheduled to go before a judge to ask for a furlough in January. His trial is set to start later in the month.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article126618449.html

“We have no discernible evidence of where the remains of Gail Doyle lie,” Carter said. “We exhaust all leads and continue to move forward with prosecution without a body.”

Thurston County Prosecutor Jon Tunheim said he has never before personally handled a homicide case in which the victim has not been found, but he has attended many trainings on the subject. Typically, the cases are more complicated because there’s more to prove...

“They tend to be very labor-intensive cases,” he said.

 

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Trial for Stidd, accused of killing Olympia woman Gail Doyle, postponed to September

The trial for James E. Stidd, suspected of killing Olympia woman Gail Doyle, has been postponed to September.

Stidd, 66, had been scheduled for trial beginning March 6, but the trial was delayed at a Wednesday hearing in Thurston County Superior Court. The new trial date is Sept. 11.

 

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Unidentified remains found near Rainier: http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article203576539.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

After two days of jury selection — and a little more scheduled for Wednesday morning — the trial of James E. Stidd, accused of killing Olympia woman Gail Doyle in 2016, is set to begin with opening statements Wednesday afternoon.

Although Stidd is in custody and was led to and from the courtroom in handcuffs on Tuesday, Doyle, 60, who was last seen at an Olympia bar with Stidd in June 2016, has not been found.

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article210728109.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury continues to deliberate in murder trial of Olympia man accused of killing girlfriend

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

James Stidd found guilty of murder in disappearance of Gail Doyle

James Stidd, accused of killing an Olympia woman whose body was never found, has been found guilty of all charges against him, including second-degree murder.

As Judge Carol Murphy read aloud the verdicts, the standing-room-only courtroom remained quiet, except for crying and sobbing.

"I'm happy, but I'm sad because I still don't have my sister back and I don't know if I ever will," said Anita Nedrow of Rainier, who came to court Thursday with a button affixed to her blouse that showed a smiling Gail Doyle. Nedrow also had testified during the trial.

 

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James Stidd, convicted of killing a woman who was never found, is sentenced to 41 years

James Stidd, who last month was found guilty of killing Olympia woman Gail Doyle even though her body has never been found, was sentenced to 41 years in prison Monday by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy.

In all, Stidd, 68, was sentenced to 289 months (Judge Murphy initially said 265 months, then corrected herself) for second-degree murder, 48 months each for four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, and 12 months for tampering with physical evidence. The total sentence comes to 493 months, or 41 years and one month.

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