Chilling details on Carnation slayings of six
By Natalie Singer
Seattle Times staff reporter
CARNATION, Wash. — Michele Kristen Anderson and her boyfriend, Joseph McEnroe, armed themselves with handguns on Christmas Eve and walked 200 yards from the mobile home where they lived to her parents’ house, determined to kill them, according to court documents released Thursday.
About an hour later, the couple had completed one of the region’s worst slayings in recent years, killing six members of Michele Anderson’s family in a crime motivated by money, family strife and a concern over leaving behind witnesses, according to the King County Sheriff’s Department, relatives and court documents. Among the dead were Michele’s niece and nephew, ages 6 and 3.
Details of the shootings were contained in a probable-cause statement released Thursday by King County prosecutors shortly after a judge denied bail for Michele Anderson and McEnroe, both 29. Both are expected to face murder charges today, prosecutors said.