EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe says he’ll seek the death penalty if Byron Scherf is convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Monroe prison Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl.
KOMO Radio reports Roe announced his decision Tuesday in Everett.
Biendl was strangled Jan. 29 in the prison chapel.
The 52-year-old Scherf is already serving a life sentence as a three-strikes convicted rapist.
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Information from: KOMO-AM, http://www.komoradio.com/
