PORT ANGELES — A man has been charged with four counts of aggravated murder and one count of arson in the deaths of his wife and her three children in Port Angeles.
The Peninsula Daily News reports 34-year-old Matthew Wetherington was charged Wednesday in Clallam County Superior Court.
Port Angeles police say Wetherington killed 34-year-old Valerie Kambeitz, 9-year-old Lilly Kambeitz, 6-year-old Emma Kambeitz, and 5-year-old Jayden Kambeitz and set fire to the residence at the Welcome Inn RV Park Saturday.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office began conducting autopsies Thursday to positively identify the bodies.
