Agnew man suspected of murder dies at Western State Hospital

An Agnew man accused of killing his father and his father's girlfriend was found dead at Western State Hospital in Lakewood last week. Christopher ...

May 31, 2023
3:20 AM

An Agnew man accused of killing his father and his father's girlfriend was found dead at Western State Hospital in Lakewood last week. Christopher L. Haltom, 41, had been charged with the first-degree murders of his father, Clay Lee Haltom, 60, and Bryana Eila Presser, 43. A court hearing had been set for May 19. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, authorities said. Don Wenzel, Clallam County chief corrections deputy, received an email on May 17 from Melissa Hanson, chief operating officer at the Bruce Gage Forensic Center at Western State Hospital in Lakewood, 10 miles southwest of Tacoma.

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