GUILTY Wa - Pat Shunn, 45, & Monique Patenaude, 46, Arlington, 11 April 2016 *arrests*

[dizzychick]

Does anyone know what the big dispute was all about that would make someone kill 2 people ? All i ever read was a property dispute and i did read Patrick saved the guy's life during the Oso slide.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Does anyone know what the big dispute was all about that would make someone kill 2 people ? All i ever read was a property dispute and i did read Patrick saved the guy's life during the Oso slide.

Gosh, dizzy...it's been so long since I read the original articles but it seems that John believed that either Pat or Monique turned him in for squatting on the property that he had sold to the state due to the landslide damage. So instead of collecting the $$ and moving out he continued to live there rent free. I could be wrong so anyone please correct me.

 

[dizzychick]

Gosh, dizzy...it's been so long since I read the original articles but it seems that John believed that either Pat or Monique turned him in for squatting on the property that he had sold to the state due to the landslide damage. So instead of collecting the $$ and moving out he continued to live there rent free. I could be wrong so anyone please correct me.

All I ever read was " property dispute" so i was wondering what in the world would drive a person to kill their neighbor, he has to have issues other than his land and he got paid a pretty penny too I read like 240 K maybe up here that isnt much though

 

[Guuj]

Why are they even shooting for the death penalty if it will only cost us more and delay everything? We have a stay of execution at the moment in Washington...Seems rather pointless.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://q13fox.com/2016/11/01/county...o-couple-will-demolish-buildings-on-property/

The property where a Snohomish County couple lived and where police say they were murdered will never be built on again...

Snohomish County officials confirmed to Q13 News that the county acquired the property as part of a FEMA buyout related to the deadly Oso landslide... uildings on the property will be demolished and the piece of land will remain open space.

 

[Satchie]

Does anyone know what the big dispute was all about that would make someone kill 2 people ? All i ever read was a property dispute and i did read Patrick saved the guy's life during the Oso slide.

IIRC correctly it was about neighbours using an old logging road, that crossed Pat & Monique's land, as if it were a public road, which it was not. John Reed used it to access his property, so they had to share "their" gate and key with him. In general, he refused to acknowledge their property rights. They thought he was gone when he sold out, but then found out he was still using his old place, and Monique may have reported him to the Sheriff, and he found out she'd done that.

But my impression is he was a powderkeg, hostile kind of person who had probably fantasized for a long time about killing anyone who didn't treat him with deference. I think if you meet someone like that, it's safest to have as little to do with them as possible.

 

[0101ABA]

John Reed, suspected of killing two former neighbors near Arlington in April, will not face the death penalty if convicted of the homicides.

Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe said Tuesday he would not seek the death penalty against Reed for the deaths of Patrick Shunn, 45, and his wife, Monique Patenaude, 46.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...e-death-penalty-in-slayings-of-oso-neighbors/

 

[Lilibet]

I can't find any current news about the trial date for John Reed or his parents. Anyone?

 

[wantjustice]

"A man who admitted to helping his brother hide the bodies of a rural Washington state couple has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Multiple media outlets reported that 50-year-old Tony Reed was sentenced Monday in connection with the 2016 deaths of Monique Patenaude and Patrick Shunn near Arlington."
http://www.khq.com/story/35170425/man-charged-with-cover-up-in-rural-couples-death-sentenced

 

[Whiteorchids]

"A man who admitted to helping his brother hide the bodies of a rural Washington state couple has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Multiple media outlets reported that 50-year-old Tony Reed was sentenced Monday in connection with the 2016 deaths of Monique Patenaude and Patrick Shunn near Arlington."
http://www.khq.com/story/35170425/man-charged-with-cover-up-in-rural-couples-death-sentenced

That's all 14 months? Unreal

 

[Lilibet]

That's all 14 months? Unreal

I guess the state needs TR's testimony very badly in order to put his brother away for life. And he led them to the bodies, so they struck a sweet bargain. He was pulled into the plot after Monique and Patrick were dead, and I bet there was considerable pressure from the parents to help his brother "fix" it, no matter what. The parents are dispicable! I hope they spend longer in prison than TR does!

 

[0101ABA]

Man accused in Oso neighbors’ deaths to claim self defense

A man charged with killing an Oso couple plans to present evidence that he acted in self defense.

(...)

Everett defense attorney Phil Sayles late last week filed a single-page notice in Snohomish County Superior Court, making clear that Reed maintains he acted in self defense.

 

[JerseyGirl]

John Blaine Reed was to have gone on trial in February, now won’t face trial until May. On Wednesday his attorney asked for more time. There are dozens of witnesses that still likely will need to be interviewed and defense experts still need to complete work on forensic reports, he said in an affidavit filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.

The judge scheduled a Jan. 30 hearing for review.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/trial-of-man-accused-of-murdering-oso-couple-moved-to-may/

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Trial over Oso murders begins with a self-defense claim

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/murder-trial-begins-in-deaths-of-oso-couple/

Patrick Shunn and Monique Patenaude had a beautiful house on about 20 acres bordering the North Fork Stillaguamish River. From the outside, it looked perfect, but it was a “fool’s paradise,” said Craig Matheson, the county’s chief criminal deputy prosecutor.

That’s because their neighbor was John Blaine Reed, 55, a man with whom they had a longstanding feud, Matheson said.

“Monique and Patrick had messed with the wrong guy too many times over too many years,” and that ended in death for the husband and wife April 11, 2016, Matheson said.

Defense attorney Phil Sayles said he expects Reed to testify that he was forced to act in self-defense.

 

[chissus]

Is the trial being televised?

 

[Snoopster]

This case has always bothered me. I really want to know more about the alleged killers' parents. I think the apples didn't fall far from the tree.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The trial began Thursday for a man charged with murdering a former Whatcom County couple that had moved to Oso.

http://kgmi.com/news/007700-man-charged-with-murdering-former-whatcom-county-couple-now-on-trial/

 

[TheCrankyChef]

Good grief - self defense? Two people shot at two different times....

 

[JerseyGirl]

Accused killer set to testify Friday in Oso murder trial

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/state-rests-case-in-reed-trial-accused-killer-could-testify/

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury deliberates fate of man charged in Oso couple's murder