SELAH — A 30-year-old Selah man police said strangled his wife died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen, the Kittitas County coroner said.
The Yakima Herald reports an autopsy was performed on Daniel Escamilla on Tuesday, said Coroner Nick Henderson. Kittitas County had jurisdiction in the death investigation because Escamilla was found dead in the county.
Selah police were called to a home in the 100 block of North 10th Avenue around 1:20 a.m. Friday morning to check on a suicidal man, according to police. There, officers found the body of Escamilla’s wife, Emily Harris Escamilla, and Daniel Escamilla was missing, according to a police news release.
An autopsy Sunday found that Emily Escamilla was strangled, Selah police reported.
While family members and police were at the home, Daniel Escamilla called and made incriminating statements, and said he would not willingly surrender to police, the release said.
Daniel Escamilla’s vehicle was found abandoned on Interstate 82 in Kittitas County on Friday, and his body was found later.
