Tacoma police crack decade-old cold case murder
TACOMA, Wash. -- It's been nearly 10 years, but police were finally able to solve the cold-case murders of two Tacoma residents.
In December, 2002, Paul Chase and Jamaica Howard were found murdered in a car in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood.
Despite thousands of hours of investigation, police were unable to solve the murders and the case went cold.
Seven years later, in August, 2009, the murder of a man named James Smith started a chain of events that would eventually lead police to the man who killed Chase and Howard.
During the Smith investigation, police identified and arrested a suspect, Antwone Goolsby. Goolsby was charged and convicted in Pierce County Superior Court for Smith's murder. After his conviction, Goolsby spoke to police about the Chase and Howard murders. Police say it was during that interview that he admitted to the 2002 killings and even gave detectives details about the crime that nobody but the killer would know.
On Friday, Goolsby was charged with murdering Chase and Howard. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.
In December, 2002, Paul Chase and Jamaica Howard were found murdered in a car in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood.
Despite thousands of hours of investigation, police were unable to solve the murders and the case went cold.
Seven years later, in August, 2009, the murder of a man named James Smith started a chain of events that would eventually lead police to the man who killed Chase and Howard.
During the Smith investigation, police identified and arrested a suspect, Antwone Goolsby. Goolsby was charged and convicted in Pierce County Superior Court for Smith's murder. After his conviction, Goolsby spoke to police about the Chase and Howard murders. Police say it was during that interview that he admitted to the 2002 killings and even gave detectives details about the crime that nobody but the killer would know.
On Friday, Goolsby was charged with murdering Chase and Howard. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.
admitted his guilt...sentenced to 100 years....hang him....