AUBURN, Wash. — Barricades kept drivers off Peasley Canyon Road Thursday, as state and local police investigated a bloody crime scene.
A Homeland Security officer spotted a dark SUV parked along the road Wednesday afternoon with someone burning something just off the road.
“That person got into a car and took off,” said Auburn Police Commander Mike Hirman. The fire turned out to be pieces of flooring, clothing and a towel soaked in blood.
Hirman said, “It’s just covered with blood, and so that leads us of course to believe that something happened whether it was a homicide or a serious assault.” The blood will go through a DNA analysis and be compared with data bases of known criminals.
Hirman said there has been no report of a missing person in this area so far. “We don’t know who died, if they did. We don’t know who the victim is here,” he said.
KIRO 7 received a Facebook post from an eyewitness who was driving along Peasley Canyon Wednesday. She said the suspect was driving a dark green Chevy Suburban.
Her description of the suspect was similar to one released by the Auburn Police Department. He’s a possibly mixed race man, in his late 20s to early 30s.
He’s between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 10 inches, with a thin build with short brown hair.
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