YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Charges against a woman accused of taking part in a fatal burglary near Yakima have been upgraded to murder.
Thirty-five-year-old Tracy Elaine Culton was arraigned Wednesday in Yakima County Superior Court as an accessory in the beating deaths of three people.
Yakima Herald-Republic reports (http://bit.ly/mZ2kKt ) she has been in custody since June when she was charged with involvement in the burglary.
The prime suspect, 29-year-old Kevin Lee Harper, is charged with aggravated murder. The prosecutor is deciding whether to seek the death penalty.