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Life Without Parole for Timothy Burke | Seattle News
A man named Timothy Burke, 47, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of murdering Karen and David Koep, a couple in their sixties, in November 2023. The jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder. Investigators suspect Burke, who was renting from the couple, may have been facing eviction. His defense argued he was not guilty by reason of insanity, citing personal tragedies and mental illness, but prosecutors countered that the evidence didn’t support this. State law mandates life without parole for this crime, and despite the…
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