BRIANNA DENISON: JAMES BIELA, KILLER, KIDNAP, RAPIST, FOUND

James Biela
Police Arrest Suspect in Sex Assault Slaying of Reno Teen Brianna Denison
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Police arrested a suspect in the kidnapping, rape and killing of Reno teenager Brianna Denison, ending an exhaustive 10-month-long manhunt for the college student's alleged murderer.

James Michael Biela, 27, of Sparks, Nev., was taken into custody about 9 p.m. Tuesday and booked at the Washoe County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and sexual assault, authorities said. He is being held without bail.

Denison, 19, was abducted while she was sleeping at a friend's house during winter break in January. Police said a secret witness and DNA were crucial to cracking the case.

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At an afternoon news conference about the arrest, the girl's aunt Lauren Denison thanked police for getting the suspect "off the streets."

"Can you believe it?" Lauren Denison told the Reno Gazette-Journal earlier Wednesday. "The police said the DNA came back, and it's him. ... This is what we have been waiting for."

Reno investigators told reporters that a secret witness was key to capturing Biela. The witness' information "indicated that Biela's activities and behavior made him a likely suspect," police said.

IT'S NOT EASY TO CATCH A KILLER..BUT SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS. CHOMP CAN'T BEGIN TO SAY WHAT I THINK OF THIS SONOFABITCH !!!

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SEATTLE: BARRY SAUNDERS, SOUTHCENTER MALL KILLER CAUGHT

Holiday Inn, 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd., Portland, Oregon

Portland police arrest suspect in Washington mall shooting
by Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian
Wednesday November 26, 2008, 7:28 PM

Portland police responding to a routine call to check out suspicious activity at a Northeast Portland Holiday Inn on Wednesday stumbled upon a 21-year-old man wanted on a murder charge in a deadly shooting at Washington's Southcenter shopping mall Saturday.

Northeast Precinct officers arrested Barry L. Saunders Jr. after they were called at 11:33 a.m. to the Holiday Inn at 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd. The call had come in as "unwanted people" involved in suspected drug activity, police said.

By 2:15 p.m., police identified Saunders among the "unwanted" near a rental car at the hotel, but realized he was very much wanted as the alleged gunman in Saturday's gang-related fatal shooting that occurred while thousands shopped at the largest mall in Washington.

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Within hours of the shooting, police said, Saunders was identified as the one who pulled the trigger. He was apparently coming to the aid of his teenage brother who had gotten into a fistfight with some rival gang members or associates who were taunting him with gang signals, according to police and Saunders' lawyer, David Gehrke, of Des Moines, Wash. The victims involved had ties to the Hoover Crips gang, a group that's been active in Portland.

SAUNDER'S FAMILY "HORRIFIED!" READ UPDATE...
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SEATTLE: SOUTHCENTER MALL -BARRY SAUNDERS, 21, IS THE KILLER

Barry Lee SaundersIdentified as the Southcenter Mall killer! He has not been found. Police say Saunders may be armed. The public is asked to call 911 if they see him or know of his whereabouts.

Last updated November 25, 2008 3:36 p.m. PT
Warrant issued in Southcenter shooting
By CASEY MCNERTHENYP-I REPORTER

Police have issued a warrant for Barry L. Saunders, the man suspected in a Saturday shooting spree at Westfield Southcenter mall that left one 16-year-old boy dead and another seriously injured.

Officers searching for Saunders, 21, say he is the sole suspect in the case. He may still be armed, and anyone with information is asked to call 911.

A warrant was issued Tuesday for the suspect in last weekend's shooting at Westfield Southcenter mall that killed one teen and wounded another one.

Saunders has lived in Kent and Tukwila, police spokesman Mike Murphy said. He has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Tukwila police declined to discuss additional details in the case, citing the continuing investigation.

About 3:45 p.m. Saturday, police said shots were fired on the mall's first floor just east of the central portion beneath the second-floor food court.

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Police suspect that at least five victims in the weekend's shootings -- the two at Southcenter, one at a First Hill nightclub and two on Rainier Avenue South -- had ties to the 74 Hoovers, based in South Seattle.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH BOYS WHO ACT STUPID...

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