WA WA - Janet Bowcutt, 20, Found Strangled, Port Angeles, 24 April 1978

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Appeals court agrees speedy trial rights violated in decades-old Port Angeles murder case
Clallam prosecuting attorney to consider options after ruling on Tommy Lee Ross Jr.

May 24, 2019

"....Ross remained incarcerated Tuesday without bail in the Sacramento County jail on six charges, a Sacramento Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Ross was charged April 3 with four felony counts of threats to commit a crime that could result in death or great bodily hard, felony assault with a deadly weapon, an misdemeanor removing or destroying a wireless communications device.
The spokeswoman said a settlement conference scheduled for May 15 was delayed to May 29."

https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/...ated-in-decades-old-port-angeles-murder-case/

 

[Kavya01]

UNbelievable.

Though it sounds like, from the knife wielding incident just recently, that he'll find himself back in court soon again anyway. just PLEASE don't let him make another victim first. JUST unbelievable.

 

[Marika Fonteno]

omg i never heard of this case and this murderer was living in sacramento where i live OMG its not even on the local news TF!!!

 

[YESorNO]

Supreme Court asked to rule on Ross murder charge dismissal

July 26, 2019

"OLYMPIA — After losing in Clallam County Superior Court and the state Court of Appeals, county Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols continues to challenge the Oct. 17 dismissal of murder charges against Tommy Lee Ross Jr.

Nichols’ office June 20 asked the Supreme Court to review the appeals court’s May 22 decision confirming the dismissal.

This petition was answered Monday by Ross’s Seattle attorney, Nancy Collins, of the Washington Appellate project.

Five of the Supreme Court’s nine justices are tentatively set to decide whether to review the 41-year-old murder case Oct. 2, court Clerk Susan Carlson said.

They will issue a ruling on whether they will hear the appeal the following day, a court spokeswoman said Thursday.

Justice Susan Owens, the former Forks-area Clallam County District Court 2 judge, will not hear the case, Carlson said....

...Ross is in the Sacramento County jail without bail on two felony assault charges and a misdemeanor charge.

Ross could receive up to 2½ years in the county jail if found guilty in the March 31 case.

The 11th settlement conference scheduled in the case is Sept. 13, according to court records...."

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/supreme-court-asked-to-rule-on-ross-murder-charge-dismissal/

 

[JerseyGirl]

Speedy trial denied: Murder charges against convicted killer dropped in Port Angeles strangulation

 

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Prosecutor will not appeal dismissal of 1978 murder charge | Peninsula Daily News