By Caleb Hutton
See bottom of this post for update.
Police are searching for a second suspect in the apparent murder of a 69-year-old Anacortes resident, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 26.
The victim’s body was found Monday in a rural area north of Sedro-Woolley.
Skagit County deputies are alerting the public in neighboring counties to be on the lookout for this man: Ashlee Neil Smith, 32. As recently as 2008, Smith listed an address on Enterprise Road in the Ferndale area, according to court records. Before that, he lived in Bellingham.
Here’s the press release:
On February 25th 2013 at approximately 4:00 pm, the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Skagit County Search and Rescue Human Remains Detection Dog, located a body, later identified as Dean Jackson. The body was located in a rural location north of Sedro Woolley.
Mr. Jackson had been reported missing on the 16th of February. Follow up investigation by Skagit County Detectives, members of the Washington State Crime Lab and Washington State Patrol Detectives at the victim’s residence led to the arrest of Ami Morin on February 19th, who is currently being held in the Skagit County Jail for Murder in the 2nd Degree and for multiple counts of Identity Theft 2nd.
A warrant has been issued for Ashlee Smith, a 32 year old white male for Murder in the 2nd Degree and Identity Theft 2nd degree. Smith is described as approximately 6’-4”, 190 lbs and has brown hair and brown eyes. If anyone has information regarding Ashlee Smith, please notify the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office.
Don McDermott
Chief Criminal Deputy
The Skagit Valley Herald has more details in the case.
Update on Monday, March 4.
Murder suspect Ashlee Smith, a recent resident of Bellingham & Ferndale, has turned himself in. Via @crime_svh: goskagit.com/news/crime/man…
— Bellingham Crime (@bhamcrime) March 4, 2013
Ami is my little sister and I know this all really bad!!!!!! I am so sick over all of this!!! I’m praying for everyone thats involved.
Ami, deserves to die in prison, who kills their grandfather cat his cat?
What I meant was ami deserves to die in prison for killing her grandfather and his cat? And now she wants to put the Blair on her ex boy friend, bun Amy bun!!!