Crime & Safety
Police Ask Hikers if They Recognize Truck Belonging to Person of Interest in Double Homicide
As police continue to search for Peter Keller, a person of interest in a Sunday double homicide in North Bend, they are asking the public to help identify areas or trailheads he may have frequented.
The King County Sheriff's Office is asking hikers to call police if they remember seeing a red Toyota pickup routinely parked at any trailhead along the I-90 corridor in the last year.
Here is more information from a KCSO news release:
Peter A. Keller, a person of interest in the that occurred Sunday morning near North Bend, is known to be an avid hiker. Police were told that he usually drove a 1994 faded red Toyota pickup when he went hiking.
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“We have the truck, but we want to know if anyone has seen it regularly parked at any trailhead,” said Sgt. Cindi West, spokesperson for the King County Sheriff’s Office.
Police also said that he occasionally took his mountain bike with him and recently had been seen hiking with a “very large backpack.”
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If you remember seeing this truck parked at any trailhead in the last year, please call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 or 911.
A story in The Seattle Times also said sheriff's deputies have put up posters on trails in the North Bend area asking people to be on the lookout for Keller and warning that he could be armed.
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