OAK HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — A 30-year-old Washington man has been ordered held without bail for investigation of homicide and kidnapping after his two 80-year-old grandfathers were killed and a great-aunt was bound with packing tape.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown has described Joshua D. Lambert as a suspect in one death and a “person of high interest” in the other. The arrested man remained silent during a Tuesday court appearance.
Lambert was arrested Monday after his paternal grandfather, George Lambert, and his maternal grandfather, August Eisner, were found dead earlier in the day at their respective Whidbey Island homes outside Oak Harbor. The sheriff says both men appear to have been stabbed.
George Lambert’s sister, Kay Gage, called to report his slaying. She told officers she had witnessed the killing after she was tied up with tape in his home. She was reported traumatized but unhurt.
