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* URGENT - HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION *
A robbery and murder occurred t...his evening at a convenience store in the Puyallup area. A truly senseless crime ended in the murder of a popular local business owner who was 79 years old. Many community members are already stopping by the scene to leave flowers and pay their respects. We need your help to solve this!
Our detectives are asking anyone with a home or business along 112th St. E. to please check your surveillance cameras for any images of a gray Nissan Sentra between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday evening.
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Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives need your help to identify the two suspects responsible for the robbery and murder of 79-year-old Soon Ja Nam. At 5:08 p.m. on Saturday April 27, 2019, victim Soon Ja Nam was shot and killed by an unidentified suspect during a robbery at the Handy Corner Store located in the 8000 block of 112th St. E. in the Puyallup area.
Witnesses reported that two unidentified suspects entered the store, displayed handguns and demanded cash from the store owner Soon Ja Nam. After Nam gave the suspects cash from the register, one of the suspects followed her toward the store office and shot her in the back. The suspects fled the store heading westbound on 112th St. in a gray 1990’s 4-door Nissan Sentra.
The two suspects are described as dark complected black males in their 20’s, approximately 6’ tall and 200 lbs., wearing beanie caps and white hospital-style surgical masks. The shooter was seen wearing a gray hoodie, black sweatpants, and gray tennis shoes. The driver had a scruffy beard and was seen wearing a blue hoodie, gray sweatpants, and white shoes.
Receive up to $1000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and charges filed for the person in this case. Call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or text in your tip to the P3 Tips app. All Crime Stoppers callers will remain anonymous. See More
Throughout the day yesterday, our deputies and Search & Rescue Team ...were actively searching in our Foothills Detachment and our Mountain Detachment for a 64 year old man who was missing from the Eatonville area.
The incident began in the early morning hours when the man's wife called 911 to report that her husband, their dog Daisy, and her husband's vehicle were missing from their home. The missing man reportedly often went hiking with his dog, but did not leave a note where he was going and had failed to return home after dark. The man's wife reported finding recent internet searches by her husband for geocaching in the Evans Creek area.
At daybreak, deputies from our Foothills Detachment searched the Evans Creek area by vehicle and on foot but found no sign of the missing man or his vehicle. At the same time, detectives were able to ping the missing man's phone which indicated that it was last used in the Alder Lake area. Our Mountain Detachment deputies and our Air Operations Unit searched the main roads and logging roads surrounding the lake, and at approximately 3:00 p.m. they spotted a vehicle over an embankment in the 49800 block of Mountain Highway.
Search & Rescue Teams responded to the location and set up a high angle rope maneuver to lower themselves down to the vehicle, only to discover that it was not the missing man's vehicle, but instead a stolen truck that apparently had been dumped far off the roadway.
Our deputies continued to search the area and at 4:45 p.m. they located the missing man's vehicle parked along Mashell Prairie Road near Eatonville. Deputies entered the man's vehicle and located a list of geocache locations; our Search & Rescue Team made maps of the locations and set out on foot to each spot to look for the man.
One hour later, the newest member of our Search & Rescue Team heard the sound of a dog barking as he was searching his mapped location. The deputy continued hiking toward the sound of the dog's barking, and spotted a dog matching the description of Daisy up a very steep embankment above the Marshall River. Our deputy hiked another 30 minutes through the thick woods and brush up to the dog's location, where he located the missing man; the victim was deceased from what appears to be injuries sustained during a fall.
The deputy radioed his discovery, and a team of our Search & Rescue deputies and nine volunteers from Tacoma Mountain Rescue hiked to their location. The team set up a rope system to bring the victim down the hillside and he was carried to their vehicles. Animal Control responded to the scene and returned Daisy to her home.
This was a very sad end to a tough search, but we are incredibly proud of our deputies and the volunteers efforts to find the missing man and return him to his family. Without the barking of his loyal companion Daisy, we never would have located the missing man. It was amazing. See More
Join us on Saturday afternoon at Emerald Ridge High School for the 3...rd annual Lady Jags vs. Pierce County Sheriff's Charity Softball Bash. A team of our deputies will be taking on the ERHS varsity softball team at noon, with all proceeds from ticket sales going to Behind the Badge Foundation.
In 2017 our deputies took the title, but the Lady Jags roared back in 2018 with a big win. Detective Troyer will be taking the mound for Team PCSD with a team of hard hitting deputies behind him... but we should probably warn them that the girls put up 11 runs and 16 runs in their past two games. YIKES.
We should probably also mention that Detective Troyer pitched for a national fast pitch team back in the 1980’s. He hung up his Peterson Fryer Farms cleats many years ago but is coming out of retirement for tomorrow’s game - so this is going to be an epic battle!
Everyone is welcome to attend the game and we would love to see a big turnout to support an incredible charity. See More












