GUILTY WA - Jesus Avila, 25, Yazmany Ortiz, 25, Christian Rangel, 19, Seattle, 12 Dec 2010

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3 Pierce County men sharing carpool missing since Sunday

Detectives at the Lakewood Police Department are investigating the disappearance of three Pierce County men, all of whom usually carpool to work in Seattle.

Jesus Bejar Avila, 25, of Lakewood, Yazmany Quezada Ortiz, also 25, of Tacoma, and Christian Alberto Rangel, 19, of University Place, haven't been seen since Sunday.

According to Lakewood police spokesman Lt. Chris Lawler, the three men left in Ortiz's pickup Sunday and made it to work at Lake Union Wholesale Florist at 414 Boren Ave. N. in Seattle. At 3:15 p.m., their shifts ended and they drove away together as usual.

But after that, no one saw them.


more here

http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013690426_missing16m.html
 
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The three clocked out at 3:15 p.m. Avila called his girlfriend, as he always did, to ask about dinner.

"He just called to see if I would be at the store so I could make something to eat," says Getsemani Ortiz-Torres.

The men are warehouse workers at Lake Union Wholesale Florist in Seattle, a respected, established business. Their tearful boss calls them "great kids" with no reason to skip town.

Rangel has a baby on the way. Bejar is married with a little boy who is the apple of his eye.


more here

http://www.nwcn.com/home/Police-investigating-3-missing-carpoolers-in-Pierce-County-112003689.html
 
http://lakewood.komonews.com/

Submitted by KOMO Staff
Wednesday, December 15th, 07:02pm

Lakewood police are searching for three men who haven't been seen since they left work Sunday afternoon.

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Their car was found abandoned at an apartment complex in the 6200 block of James St in Kent on Tuesday and Lawler says they were seen briefly at the complex.

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The three clocked out at 3:15 p.m. Avila called his girlfriend, as he always did, to ask about dinner.

"He just called to see if I would be at the store so I could make something to eat," says Getsemani Ortiz-Torres.

The men are warehouse workers at Lake Union Wholesale Florist in Seattle, a respected, established business. Their tearful boss calls them "great kids" with no reason to skip town.

Rangel has a baby on the way. Bejar is married with a little boy who is the apple of his eye.


more here

http://www.nwcn.com/home/Police-investigating-3-missing-carpoolers-in-Pierce-County-112003689.html

Also from Texas' link above:


The three men are all said to be here legally with no criminal backgrounds. They were all last seen together at an apartment complex off James Street in Kent. No one, though, seems to have any idea why they would have been there.
 
Human remains found in Kent may be missing men

Three families are waiting to hear whether the bodies found in Kent today are the remains of three men missing since December.

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Three sets of remains were found Thursday at Rainier Nursery in Kent. The facilities manager says it’s a 50 acre property. The bodies were found in a remote area that employees do not frequent this time of year.

The nursery is just over a mile away from where their truck was found shortly after they disappeared.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Human-remains-found-in-Kent-117769099.html
 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014472836_missingmen12m.html

Originally published March 11, 2011 at 9:58 PM |
Page modified March 11, 2011 at 9:58 PM
By Christine Clarridge
Seattle Times staff reporter

The families of three men who have been missing for three months will have to wait until at least Monday before getting confirmation their loved ones' bodies were found at a plant nursery near Kent.

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But sources close to the investigation have told The Seattle Times the remains are those of the missing men.

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King County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart said his office is operating under the assumption the remains are those of the missing men and that they were homicide victims.
 
Man charged in killings of three nursery workers

Prosecutors have charged a man suspected in the deaths of three men whose bodies were found at a nursery in Kent.

Alberto Avila-Cardenas, 36, of Lakewood has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jesus Avila-Bejar, 25; Yazmani Quezada-Ortiz, 26; and Cristian Rangel, 19. He is currently in federal custody on an unrelated charges.

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Avila-Cardenas is scheduled to be arraigned on May 26.

MUCH More: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/121738689.html
 
Avila-Cardenas was found guilty in July of this year. He was sentenced to 95 years in prison.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Boss-convicted-in-murder-of-3-South-Lake-Union-6561386.php

Speaking through an interpreter, Avila-Cardenas offered his sympathy to the families of the men he was convicted of killing. He did so while protesting his innocence.

&#8220;My hands will be clean,&#8221; he told King County Superior Court Judge Bruce Heller. &#8220;My conscience will always be clean.&#8221;

Heller found he needed to look no further than the defense table to find a killer.

Heller sentenced Avila-Cardenas to 95 years in prison, the maximum usual term for his crimes and the term requested by prosecutors. Avila-Cardenas attorneys asked for the minimum usual prison term &#8211; 75 years.

"I sat through this trial, and the evidence, while circumstantial, was overwhelming," Heller said.

"The court cannot imagine a more cold-blooded, horrendous crime than this one," he continued. "This was a crime that was carefully planned and smoothly executed. ... This is one of those cases where the court believes the maximum sentence is justified."
 

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