🌱 Patch AM: How Enumclaw’s new cameras helped end a multi-state homicide manhunt

Good day Enumclaw! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Enumclaw's new cameras helped end a multi-state homicide manhunt
• Why a rural Oregon massacre investigation ended behind an Enumclaw Safeway
• Oregon murder case now tied to a car death in Enumclaw

Also on today's calendar: "The Neely Mansion History" Book Signing with Author Sarah J. Martin and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very warm with hazy sunshine, with a high of 87 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Clouds breaking; not as warm, temps: high: 77, low: 57.
• Thursday: Rather cloudy with a shower, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Enumclaw, WA police found Oregon 5-person homicide suspect (fox13seattle.com) — Enumclaw police used new license plate reader cameras and cell phone data to locate a homicide suspect's stolen vehicle behind a local Safeway, where the man was found dead from an apparent suicide. Authorities stress there is no ongoing danger to the Enumclaw community and highlight how the city's recently installed Flock camera system has already helped resolve several major incidents.
   

• Oregon Quintuple Murder-Suicide Victims Identified as Killer's Girlfriend, Her Relatives, Friends and Pets (pulptastic.com) — Enumclaw residents should know the Oregon quintuple murder suspect was tracked by license plate readers and found dead behind a local Safeway, more than 180 miles from the crime scene. Authorities have identified the five victims in Oregon, while investigators in both states continue piecing together how the killings unfolded and why the suspect ended up in Enumclaw.
   

• Victims of quintuple homicide in Oregon include suspect's girlfriend and her relatives (newser.com) — Enumclaw is again in the spotlight as investigators confirm the Oregon quintuple homicide suspect was later found dead in his car here, about 187 miles from the crime scene. Authorities in Oregon have now identified the five victims as the suspect's girlfriend, her mother and grandmother, and two close friends, while the complex investigation into what happened continues.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Enumclaw

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Wild Winds Music Festival: Nate Smith, Ernest & Austin Snell →
  Enumclaw Expo Center, 45224 284th Ave SE, Enumclaw
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• "The Neely Mansion History" Book Signing with Author Sarah J. Martin →
  Neely Mansion, 12303 SE Auburn-Black Diamond Rd, Auburn
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• EHS: Picture Make-Up Day
  Enumclaw School District Enumclaw High School
  8:00 am
Saturday September 19
• 2026 Wild Winds West Music Festival - Saturday →
  Enumclaw Expo Center, 45224 284th Ave SE, Enumclaw
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26
• GMS office open 7am - 3:30pm
  Glacier Middle School Buckley, WA 98321
  7:00 am
• Back to School Night at DVE
  Daffodil Valley Elementary Sumner, WA 98390
  4:30 pm
• Open House: Back to School Night
  Bonney Lake Elementary Sumner, WA 98390
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Night at MLE
  Maple Lawn Elementary Sumner, WA 98390
  5:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Senior Sunrise - Baseball Field
  Bonney Lake High School Sumner, WA 98390
  5:45 am
• Ice Cream Social/Meet your Teacher
  Wilkeson Elementary School Wilkeson, WA 98396
  4:00 pm
• Ice Cream Social
  Elk Ridge Elementary School Buckley, WA 98321
  4:00 pm
• Ice Cream Social & Meet the Teacher Night - Mountain Meadow
  Mountain Meadow Elementary School Mountain Meadow Elementary, 11812 Mundy Loss Rd, Buckley, WA 98
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for Teletherapy Openings for School Psychologists in Enumclaw. Apply here.
• Chevron Stations, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Maple Valley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Enumclaw here.

🗞 Nearby News

Maple Valley

• Washington weekly drug overdose tracker Aug. 17-21 (bigcountrynewsconnection.com)

Auburn

• King County Metro Flex to launch in Auburn and Federal Way on Aug. 31 (auburnexaminer.com)
• Firefighters extinguish Auburn 3-alarm residential fire (auburn-reporter.com)
• POLICE BLOTTER: DUI, hit and run arrest, assault, vehicle theft & more reported (auburnexaminer.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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