From left to right: Ben Anderson, Mary Anderson and King County Sheriff's Office Detective Robin Cleary head to the memorial where flowers and balloons were erected in remembrance of six members of the Anderson family murdered on Christmas Eve near Carnation. (December 26, 2007)
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Cops: Pair admitted Carnation killings; bail denied
By TRACY JOHNSON, JENNIFER LANGSTON, LEVI PULKKINEN AND KATHY MULADY, P-I REPORTERS
By TRACY JOHNSON, JENNIFER LANGSTON, LEVI PULKKINEN AND KATHY MULADY, P-I REPORTERS
No bail was allowed Thursday for two people arrested in the Christmas Eve shooting deaths of six people in a rural Carnation home -- a crime that raises the possibility of the death penalty.
Joseph Thomas McEnroe and Michele Kristen Anderson, who waived their right to appear in court, could be charged as soon as Friday in the deaths of Anderson's family, including a 6-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy.
Court papers say the two have admitted to the killing.
King County prosecutors are considering whether to file aggravated murder charges, giving newly elected prosecutor Dan Satterberg the option of seeking to have the pair executed.
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Michele Anderson's parents, in their early 60s, lived in a small, white house on the outskirts of Carnation; she and McEnroe lived on their heavily wooded property, and her brother's family had been visiting.
Her nephew, Ben Anderson, has said the violence stemmed from a dispute over money and other longstanding conflicts. Michele Anderson had been fighting with her parents for years and didn't think they showed enough love for her, he said.
About 5:15 p.m. Monday, someone called 911 from the house but didn't say anything. The 911 operator heard yelling in the background but later reported that it sounded more like a party than an angry dispute, according to investigators.
Sheriff's deputies responded to the house but turned back after reaching a locked gate.
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