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Police investigate man’s death at residence in central Vancouver

August 30, 2021, 7:16pm Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department is investigating after a man was found dead Sunday night in the Bagley Downs neighborhood. Read story

The Clark County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying two people suspected of mail theft in the Ridgefield area. They were captured on surveillance footage Aug. 12.

Deputies seek public’s help identifying mail theft suspects

August 30, 2021, 6:12pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying two people suspected of mail theft in the Ridgefield area. Read story

The Clark County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying a man believed to be involved in an Aug. 25 hit-and-run at a gas station in Brush Prairie.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help in identifying man

August 30, 2021, 6:11pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man believed to be involved in a hit-and-run at a gas station in Brush Prairie. Read story

Austin J. Navarro makes a first appearance Monday morning in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is accused of fatally shooting 27-year-old Inessa Kryshtal, with whom he had been in a relationship, court records say.

Man held on $2 million bail in Aug. 23 fatal shooting in Vancouver

August 30, 2021, 12:37pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man is being held on $2 million bail, accused of fatally shooting a woman with whom he had been in a relationship, on the night of Aug. 23 near a gas station in central Vancouver. Read story

Vancouver police arrest man in domestic violence homicide

August 27, 2021, 8:36pm Clark County News

Police announced Friday night that they had arrested a man in connection with a domestic violence homicide Monday in central Vancouver. Read story

David Bogdanov is escorted into the courtroom on Friday before the verdict is read in the slaying of Nikki Kuhnhausen.

Bogdanov found guilty of murder in death of Nikki Kuhnhausen

August 27, 2021, 12:25pm Clark County News

Nikki Kuhnhausen’s mother and supporters exhaled a collective sigh of relief Friday as a judge announced that David Bogdanov was found guilty of second-degree murder and malicious harassment in the transgender teen’s death. Read story

Defendant David Bogdanov awaits the verdict in his murder trial Thursday afternoon at the Clark County Courthouse. The Superior Court jury had not reached a verdict by the end of the day Thursday and will resume deliberations today.

Juror issue complicates deliberations in Nikki Kuhnhausen slaying trial

August 26, 2021, 6:36pm Clark County News

After a full day of deliberations Thursday, the jury in David Bogdanov’s murder trial did not reach a verdict and expressed concerns to the court about potential juror misconduct. Read story

Closing arguments presented in killing of Vancouver teen Nikki Kuhnhausen

August 25, 2021, 6:42pm Clark County News

Jurors will return today to continue deliberating in the murder and hate-crime trial of David Bogdanov, who’s accused of strangling 17-year-old Nikki Kuhnhausen in 2019. Read story

John Bishop leads a prayer during a staff meeting at Living Hope Church on Oct. 21, 2011.

Christian Bale to portray ex-Living Hope Church leader Bishop in movie about pastor’s fall

August 25, 2021, 6:15am Churches & Religion

Oscar winner Christian Bale — who’s played a psychotic killer, Batman and former Vice President Dick Cheney — is set to star in a film about former Living Hope Church pastor turned convicted drug smuggler John Bishop. Read story