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Prosecutors will recreate Carnation murder scene for jury

Prosecutors brought furniture from living room in the 2007 Carnation murders and set up the scene for jurors in the King County Courthouse. (All images were shown in the trial of Joe McEnroe Feb. 18, 2015.)

SEATTLE — Next week prosecutors will show jurors in the Michele Anderson trial a recreation of  the scene of the 2007 Carnation murders.

  • Anderson accused of killing 6 family members
  • Boyfriend Joe McEnroe convicted last year
  • Murder scene recreated during McEnroe trial
  • Furniture from home used in recreation

Anderson is accused of murdering six of her family members on Christmas Eve.

PHOTOS: Carnation murder scene recreation, investigation

Her accomplice and boyfriend, Joe McEnroe, was convicted for the same crime last year.

Prosecutors also recreated the murder scene during his trial.

Investigators placed furniture on a giant photo of the bloodstained floor of the home to show that the victims were taken by surprise.

The same furniture will be used for Anderson's trial.

Prosecutors say Anderson and McEnroe murdered her family because she was upset about money.

Anderson was angry her parents asked her to start paying rent and utilities for the mobile home she shared with McEnroe on her parents' property, according to detectives.

During Anderson's trial, prosecutors called a witness who said the shoes worn by Anderson and McEnroe put them at the crime scene and proved they dragged two bodies outside.

McEnroe is serving six life sentences after his conviction on six counts of aggravated first-degree murder.

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