In January 2006, a woman was reported missing in Lynnwood, Washington, after she failed to show up to her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. People began to speculate that her troubled past had possibly caught up with her, or was it something much more sinister?
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Audio Sources:
“Nicole Pietz Murder Trial:: David Pietz on Trial in Wife’s Killing 7 Years After Her Death”
“Seeking justice for Nicole Pietz”
“Nicole Pietz’s mother offers forgiveness to daughter’s killer”
“Martin Pietz Trial. Sept 16. Partial. Part 4. Nicole Theresa Pietz mother takes stand”
Sources:
https://www.historylink.org/file/8200
The Daily Herald, 9 February, 2006 – “Slain Woman Remembered for her Cheer”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9 February, 2006 – “Lynnwood Woman Was Strangled”
The Seattle Times, 9 February, 2006 – “Lynnwood Woman Had Been Strangled”
The Daily Herald, 22 February, 2006 – “Lynnwood Victim’s Car Found”
The Daily Herald, 23 February, 2006 – “Lynnwood Homicide Victim’s Car Discovered”
The Daily Herald, 7 April, 2006 – “$10,000 Murder Reward Offered”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7 April, 2006 – “Slain Woman’s Mother Offers Reward”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 23 September, 2006 – “Fleeing the Memories that Haunt”
The Seattle Times, 9 January, 2007 – “Rewards Offered in Slaying”
The Daily Herald, 27 January, 2007 – “A Year Later, No Answers in Killing”
The Daily Herald, 28 January, 2007 – “Slain Woman Remembered”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 29 January, 2007 – “Year Later, No Arrests in Woman’s Slaying”
The Daily Herald, 14 July, 2007 – “$25,000 Reward in Pietz Killing”
The Daily Herald, 16 May, 2008 – “Reward Increased in 2006 Killing”
Associated Press, 14 October, 2009 – “Bellevue Private Investigator Accused of Ripoffs”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 24 October, 2009 – “Police, Family Seek Answers”
Lynnwood Today, 27 January, 2011 – “Five Years Later, Nicole Pietz Case Remains Unsolved”
FOX – 13 KCPQ, 21 March, 2012 – “Husband Arrested in 2006 Murder”
NBC – 5 KING, 21 March, 2012 – “husband Arrested in Nicole Pietz Murder Case”
Associated Press, 4 April, 2012 – “Not Guilty Plea”
The Seattle Times, 22 March, 2012 – “Husband is Charged in Woman’s 06 Slaying”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 9 September, 2013 – “More Than 7 Years After Nicole pietz’ Death, Husband on Trial”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 12 September, 2013 – “Man on Trial for Wife’s Murder”
NBC – 5 KING, 12 September, 2013 – “Murder Trial Begins for Husband of Nicole Pietz”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 13 September, 2013 – “Lynnwood Man on Trial 7 Years After Wife’s Death”
The Seattle Times, 13 September, 2013 – “Husband Goes on Trial”
NBC – 5 KING, 16 September, 2013 – “Relatives Testify About Strange Behavior”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 8 October, 2013 – “Prosecution and Defence Rest”
NBC – 5 KING, 8 October, 2013 – “Testimony Ends in David Pietz Murder Trial”
NBC – 5 KING, 9 October, 2013 – “Jury Now Has Pietz Case”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 10 October, 2013 – “Jury Begins Deliberations in David Pietz Murder Trial”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 14 October, 2013 – “Jury Reviews Phone Messages”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 7 November, 2013 – “David Pietz Sentenced to More than 18 years”
The Seattle Times, 7 November, 2013 – “David Pietz Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Wife’s Murder”
https://casetext.com/case/state-v-pietz
