The man suspected of killing five people and several domestic animals at a rural Oregon property was found dead behind a grocery store in Enumclaw, Washington, on Sunday afternoon, closing out a roughly 33-hour, two-state homicide investigation that pulled in law enforcement from at least six agencies.
The property sits well off the road behind farmland and heavy brush.
How Enumclaw Police Found Benjamin Parker Behind a King County Grocery Store Parker was not found in Oregon.
What the office has actually confirmed is narrower than it might first appear.
That split matters practically, not just jurisdictionally.
Benjamin Charles Parker, 36, suspected in the deaths of five people and several animals near Forest Grove, Oregon, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a King County grocery store Sunday, pulling in agencies from both states.