{"id":66244,"date":"2023-11-20T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/sheriffs-office-seeks-publics-help-after-2-bodies-found-in-maple-valley\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:23:20","slug":"sheriffs-office-seeks-publics-help-after-2-bodies-found-in-maple-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/sheriffs-office-seeks-publics-help-after-2-bodies-found-in-maple-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff’s office seek public’s help after 2 bodies found in Maple Valley | Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find those responsible for the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in the bushes in Maple Valley.<\/p>\n

Robert Leroy Frederick Riley, 57, and Ashley Nichole Williams, 34, each died of a gunshot wound of the chest, according to a Nov. 20 report by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled each death a homicide.<\/p>\n

The bodies were found Nov. 16 in the bushes and under trash and debris near the intersection of SE 252nd Street and 238th Avenue SE<\/a>, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

The events surrounding how the bodies came to be at the location are still under investigation.<\/p>\n

Just before 1 p.m. on Nov. 16, a resident called 911 to report a deceased body in the bushes, according to the sheriff’s office. Maple Valley Police and fire department personnel arrived and determined the person found was deceased.<\/p>\n

King County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation and revealed two bodies were found.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 206-263-2090 or email mcutips@kingcounty.gov or anonymously via P3Tips.app.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said it had no further information to release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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