Notorious Christians: Issac Zamora I kill for God. I listen to God, Zamora said twice Friday, his first public words after being arrested in the killings of a deputy, two neighbors, two construction workers and a motorist. Shackled, unshaven and dressed in an orange jumpsuit, he spoke while signing legal paperwork. He appeared in court for a complaint that prosecutors filed against him accusing him of six counts of first-degree murder and four counts of first-degree assault in Tuesdays bloody rampage. The complaint was not a formal charging, but part of a motion for a warrant to keep Zamora in jail for 30 more days, while authorities spend more time investigating him. A district court judge signed off on the warrant. District Court Judge Warren Gilbert also approved a motion from prosecutors to seal a probable-cause affidavit for the warrant for 10 days. The affidavit likely lays out in detail what Zamora is accused of doing. Prosecutors had said the sealing of the record was necessary to maintain privacy and effectiveness of the complex investigation, which includes eight crime scenes. Prosecutors now have until Oct. 3 to file formal charges in Skagit County Superior Court. Zamora remained in jail in lieu of a $5 million bond. A 28-year-old housepainter with mental health problems, Zamora is accused of committing the deadly spree in the small community of Alger, violence that began with the fatal shooting of Skagit County Sheriffs Deputy Anne Jackson. Jackson, 40, had been responding to a trespassing call about Zamora. Prosecutors believe that Zamora also killed his neighbors Chester Rose, 58, and Julie Binschus, 48; carpenters David Radcliffe, 58, and Greg Gillum, 38, who were working in the area; and motorist Leroy Lange, 64, who was driving on Interstate 5. Binschus killing was the only one in which prosecutors filed a premeditated murder charge. Zamora is also accused of stabbing a 61-year-old neighbor, and of shooting Binschus husband and two other motorists. Those victims survived. If convicted, Zamora, who has a long criminal history, faces up to life in prison in the slayings, the worst in the state since six people were killed in Carnation last year. But Skagit County Prosecutor Rich Weyrich said Friday that the death penalty also is a possibility. The rampage spanned from Alger to Interstate 5, where Zamora led police on a high-speed chase until his surrender in Mount Vernon. On Friday night, residents in the rural community held a candlelight vigil for the victims. The people in town are pretty strong folks and this is eventually going to make our community stronger, said Richard DeRuiter, pastor of the Alger Community Church, where the vigil was held.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:53:12 +0000
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