DNA evidence leads police to arrest 73-year-old man for 1972 killing and rape in Seattle
By APFriday, February 26, 2010
Man, 73, accused of 1972 Seattle killing and rape
SEATTLE — DNA evidence has led Seattle police to arrest an Everett man in what may be one of the department’s oldest cold cases.
A detective arrested 73-year-old Sam Pietro Evans on Thursday for investigation in the 1972 robbery and shooting death of Jackson Schley and the kidnapping and rape of his wife. Work at a State Patrol crime lab gave police enough information to make an arrest.
Detective Mike Ciesynksi told The Seattle Times that even though the suspect is old and infirm, he’s still dangerous. Evans is scheduled for a Friday bail hearing in King County Superior Court.
Investigators also are investigating Evans in connection with an unsolved killing of a man during a 1968 robbery in Seattle and the slaying of a woman in the early 1970s in Pasco.
Information from: The Seattle Times, www.seattletimes.com
