No Regrets (48 page)

Jealousy sent this man into a rage, and tragedy ensued in the woods. He changed his life and tried to forget what he had done.

Detective Roy Gleason of the Bellevue Police Department was in charge of solving a long-undiscovered murder, identifying the victim, and finding whoever killed her. (
Bellevue PD crime scene photo
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Although the body in the woods was in skeleton form, its position showed a bizarre and grotesque sexual attack had taken place. Working under high-powered lights, a Bellevue investigator shovels very, very carefully to find any evidence that might exist.
(Bellevue PD crime scene photo)

Dr. John Eisele, left, of the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, came to the site of the skeletonized body and worked by flashlight as the December sunset plunged the woods into darkness. The investigators did not know cause of death or even if the victim was male or female.
(Bellevue PD crime scene photo)

Bellevue investigators gather on a narrow road that ran close to the lonely woods where a strolling couple came across a skeleton.
(Bellevue PD crime scene photo)

Sam Jesse was a very tall and gawky young man, intelligent, but a “preacher’s kid” who sought a life of adventure and high living. His plans ended in disaster.

A hidden camera in the Prudential Bank catches the image of the tall bank robber just as Jill Mobley hands him the dye-pack of bills. He was so covered up that only a bit of his nose showed. But someone would recognize him. (
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A robber bought this Volkswagen “bug” with the profits from an earlier crime. He parked it far away from the bank, drove a stolen vehicle, and yet had the bad fortune to have a witness who memorized everything about it because she was a “bug fancier.”
(Police file collection)

Sam Jesse put the stolen bills inside concrete blocks that held up his mattress. For a tragic reason, he never did come back to get them.
(Police file photo)

When Seattle detectives searched Sam Jesse’s apartment, they found a plethora of physical evidence. Here, George Marberg holds the gun that was used in the fatal bank robbery.
(Seattle PD crime scene photo)

Sam Jesse couldn’t spend the money he stole. An orange dye-pack set to go off as he got into his car stained every bill. Detectives found he had put the bills on every page of a book. Perhaps he hoped to find a way to remove the dye?
(Seattle PD photo file)