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0:00So, what am I getting charged with?
0:01>> Second degree murder.
0:05>> Take take a couple quick drinks of that
0:07and
0:09I thought we were still talking.
0:16On October 22nd, 2024, police were
0:20called to an apartment building in
0:22Spokane, Washington, [music] where
0:2461-year-old Robert Eert had been found
0:26gravely wounded near the front entrance.
0:29Robert had suffered multiple stab wounds
0:32to his head, [music]
0:33neck, and chest. Emergency responders
0:36tried to save him, but he died at the
0:38scene. Investigators [music]
0:40soon focused on Robert's 40-year-old
0:42son, Damen Eert, who had been staying at
0:46the apartment. Witnesses reported seeing
0:48Damen leave the building carrying a dog
0:51before driving away in his father's
0:53vehicle. By the following morning, that
0:56vehicle had been located on the [music]
0:58shoulder of Interstate 90 near Cheni,
1:01Washington. What began as a roadside
1:03encounter escalated into a standoff,
1:06[music] closing the highway as officers
1:08worked to take Damen into custody.
1:11Detectives now needed to reconstruct the
1:13final moments inside Robert's apartment.
1:16What had happened between father and son
1:18and what [music] could explain the
1:20violence that left Robert dead? With
1:22Damian in custody, investigators
1:25prepared to question the man at the
1:27center of the case. This is the
1:29interrogation of Damen Eert.
1:32>> Grab a seat there. I think you're
1:34dehydrated. You want to rehydrate?
1:36Water, coffee, soda. Have the coffee.
1:39>> Yeah, I can do that for you.
1:41>> Put that on back up here.
1:55I'm not a monster.
1:58There's a double lock on these.
1:59>> Oh, sorry.
2:01>> Double lock.
2:02>> In fact, if you guys want to just
2:04probably leave channel here in here.
2:07>> All right.
2:11>> I'm sorry if I gave you the impression
2:13that
2:16you thought I thought you were a
2:17monster.
2:19>> No.
2:29My name's Aaron. Uh, my partner's
2:32Detective Chan. He's going to grab your
2:35coffee real quick. All right.
2:38I just want to
2:41go.
2:42>> Is our coffee going or
2:44>> um Yes. I missed that part.
2:48>> Oh, but um
2:50>> that was that was the request.
2:54>> [snorts]
3:09>> How you how you feeling overall?
3:13I don't know what to feel.
3:16I mean like physically are you are you
3:19getting sick?
3:22>> They haven't me yet.
3:28[snorts]
3:28>> How long has it been years?
3:33>> Yeah,
3:34>> like two days.
3:35>> Two days.
3:37>> They're supposed to have be supposed to
3:40be getting it tonight. [snorts]
3:44Have you gone through withdrawals
3:45before?
3:46>> Yeah.
3:47>> When was the last time?
3:49>> Um, last time I was here.
3:52>> How long did it last?
3:54>> Um, about a month.
3:57But I'm on I'm on medically assisted
3:59treatment. So, [snorts] they just got to
4:01call up the methyl clinic, confirm my
4:03dose, and then they bring it down here
4:05for me.
4:06>> Okay.
4:08Um,
4:10a month is pretty long. So you pretty
4:15pretty wrapped up in that addiction.
4:17>> Yeah.
4:18>> Yeah.
4:22>> And you from Spokane here?
4:23>> Yeah.
4:25>> Whole life.
4:27>> What level?
4:28>> Was that almost?
4:31Uh where'd you go to school at? It
4:33>> was crosswalk.
4:35>> Crosswalk. What's the highest level you
4:37completed?
4:38>> Ninth grade.
4:39>> Ninth grade.
4:42And you can read and write.
4:44>> Yeah.
4:45>> Some sometimes
4:47[snorts]
4:53he's brewing up that coffee. It's just
4:54going to take a minute.
4:55>> Okay. [snorts]
4:57Um,
5:01so
5:04mom lives in Wyoming. [snorts] Yeah.
5:07>> Dad lives here in Spokane. Get a brother
5:11Robert.
5:12>> Um, any other brothers, sisters?
5:15>> My sister.
5:15>> Where's she live at?
5:18>> California.
5:19>> When was the last time you talked to
5:20her?
5:20>> Um, a couple days ago.
5:24[snorts]
5:25>> What's her name?
5:27Same last or different last?
5:34>> Did you get along with her?
5:35>> Yeah. How
5:36>> about your brother? He will talk to me.
5:39>> When was the last time you talked to
5:40him?
5:41>> Like 14th.
5:43>> Oh,
5:49it's been a while.
5:55[snorts]
6:01Go ahead and take a couple breaths and
6:04get grounded. [snorts]
6:32Are you working now?
6:34When was [snorts] the last time? Yeah.
6:38>> Last summer.
6:39>> Last summer. Where at?
6:42>> Lot of maintenance.
6:43>> Okay.
6:47What you [ __ ] got out of that?
6:51Couldn't have people.
6:54[snorts]
6:57Any Where else you worked?
7:00Just there.
7:02>> How long did you work there? You are
7:05tough.
7:07>> They do stuff in the winter.
7:08>> Yeah. Snow removal and whatnot.
7:18[clears throat]
7:20>> Hurts.
7:22The dog get you anywhere else?
7:24>> On my penis and on my groin.
7:26>> Oh [ __ ]
7:27>> And on my back.
7:35>> [snorts]
7:37>> They give you any pain medication or
7:38anything or hydro fives.
7:51Tough few minutes until my partner gets
7:54back here. I'm not sure off
7:57cracking down coffee.
8:01You're not going to throw hot coffee on
8:03me, are you?
8:04>> No.
8:05>> Appreciate it.
8:12That stuff on your hands. I saw it was
8:14leaking out. Is there something?
8:17>> What?
8:18>> Oh, looked like something was leaking
8:19out in the [snorts] bathroom or
8:21something.
8:23>> What's the tattoo? This is Eert Pride.
8:27Your last name. Oh, okay.
8:30So I for pride kind of [clears throat]
8:32came out as one word there was.
8:36[snorts]
8:41So like I said, my name's Eron. This is
8:43Chan. We're here to talk to you about
8:45your dad. What happened the other day?
8:47[snorts] All right. [clears throat]
8:49Before we get into that though, I do
8:51need to let you know a few things. All
8:53right. It's kind of mundane
8:56situational stuff.
8:58uh mostly uh because our conversation is
9:03being recorded. All right. [snorts]
9:04Uh and this is in reference to Spokane
9:08Police report number 2024-2021
9:129669.
9:15Today's date is October 24th,
9:18Thursday.
9:20Thursday 24th 11:24 and 11:17 in the
9:25morning.
9:27Does that line up with where you're at?
9:30>> Yes.
9:30>> Yeah.
9:33Um and then like I said, our
9:35conversation is being audly and visually
9:38recorded. All right. Um
9:42you do have the right to remain silent.
9:46Anything you say can and will be used
9:48against you in court law. If you're
9:51under the age of 18, anything you say
9:53can be used against you in a juvenile
9:54court prosecution for a juvenile offense
9:58or in a prosecution in an adult court.
10:01You have the right to talk to an
10:02attorney at this time before answering
10:04any questions. You have the right to
10:06have your attorney present during the
10:08questioning.
10:09If you cannot afford an attorney, one
10:11will be appointed for you without cost
10:14before any questioning if you so desire.
10:17Do you understand your rights? Yeah,
10:19>> that's a explain that.
10:28Uh, with those rights in mind, do you
10:29want to continue talking to me today?
10:33>> As always, yes.
10:34>> Okay. So, yeah, you have the right to
10:37stop answering questions at any point
10:39and not answer any that you don't want
10:41to answer.
10:43All right.
10:44But then answer the ones that you do
10:46want to answer. That's totally fine.
11:03What time was it?
11:04>> It is now 11:18.
11:32So that's the police report number I
11:34read you, your name,
11:36date of birth, my name.
11:39These are the rights I just read you and
11:41what you said and the date, time, and
11:44where [clears throat] we're at. Are you
11:45willing to sign that?
12:01You're 36 38.
12:04>> 38.
12:04>> 38. And you said you haven't talked to
12:06your brother since you were 12, 14. Were
12:09you guys living together then?
12:11>> We all lived together in Newport.
12:13>> In Newport. When did you move to
12:15Spokane?
12:17Um
12:20after um well my whole family left me
12:24basically.
12:25They left me at Newport by myself.
12:28It's 12 years old. I also went in prison
12:30for manufacturing meth.
12:34My sister and brother both got
12:36girlfriends and boyfriends and split and
12:37lived with them.
12:40>> So are they both older?
12:42>> Yeah.
12:43>> How much older? M like my she's like
12:47five or six years older than me.
12:50Brother's like 48 or something like
12:52that.
12:55And they just left me a new nuclear by
12:57himself.
12:59>> Or was did mom already leave at that
13:01point? Or
13:02>> mom was getting beat up by her new
13:03boyfriend.
13:08>> Did she live in Newport or she left the
13:09state? Okay.
13:11>> And uh
13:15They all just didn't really care about
13:17me.
13:18>> So where where'd you go?
13:21>> Went to a lady that lived in the alley
13:25and asked her if I could stay with her
13:26that my dad would pay her. My dad got
13:29out of prison
13:32and he would pay her generous way. I
13:34could stay there.
13:37>> How long was dad in prison? Um two
13:40years.
13:41>> Two years.
13:44So you're about 14 when he got out?
13:47Yeah. Yeah. Then what happened? And uh
13:51moved up to Springdale,
13:54my sister, my dad, my mom,
13:59and my sister's boyfriend.
14:02And uh
14:04stay there for a while.
14:07My dad couldn't forgive my mom for
14:08leaving us kids while he was in prison.
14:10So she had to leave.
14:13And on my own path young guys doing
14:15really good.
14:18My dad just stay there
14:21working.
14:24>> What did he do?
14:26Is that his teeth?
14:33>> Is he still battling an addiction?
14:40Did he ever quit?
14:46>> Was he working now?
14:47>> Huh?
14:47>> Was he working now?
14:49>> Yeah.
14:49>> Where at?
14:50>> McDonald's.
14:51>> Your dad was which one?
14:55>> 20 or 27th or 20 36 and the one up on
15:00South like 36 and Regal there?
15:02>> Yeah. Yep.
15:03>> Okay.
15:06Um,
15:11so when when did the move from
15:13Springdale to Spokane happen?
15:15>> Um,
15:212000, I think.
15:24>> Okay.
15:27So, you've been in Spokane for about 24
15:30years.
15:30>> Yeah.
15:31But how long did dad live out there on
15:34east or on South Thor and Thor?
15:38>> How long?
15:38>> Yeah, he's been there a while or short.
15:41>> Not that long. Maybe a year or so.
15:43>> Year or so?
15:44>> Yeah.
15:45>> And you've been living with her off and
15:47on?
15:48>> Yeah.
15:49>> Where's living at?
15:50>> I don't know.
15:52>> Well, I guess where were you staying
15:53with her at?
15:54>> Oh, um, anywhere.
15:58>> Anywhere you guys go.
16:00>> Yep.
16:02How long how long you guys been
16:03together?
16:04>> About some months.
16:06>> Well, so not too terribly long.
16:09>> You have any kids of your own?
16:26>> So, when was the last time you saw your
16:27dad?
16:32this well.
16:36Tell me about that.
16:43Ask him if he give me a ride.
16:45So I was supposed to turn myself into
16:46AVHS.
16:49She I asked him if he gave me a ride to
16:50go get some opiates or something, you
16:53know. So I was just crawling on my skin
16:56was crawling. I was so sick.
16:59and I had to turn myself into AHS
17:03and uh
17:06she's like, "No, won't give me a ride."
17:08He said, "No, no need to go. Come on,
17:10man. Please." She said, "No,
17:14I care more mess."
17:17So, he gives [clears throat] me like
17:18about a ball of mess. I can't go smoke
17:20this. [ __ ] I don't want to smoke this,
17:24Dad. It makes me feel worse. I want to
17:26smoke it, Dad.
17:28just makes me [ __ ] can't hold still
17:30and makes my skin crawl and
17:35I [clears throat] I just want some
17:36opiates so I can turn myself into AVHS
17:40cuz I can't do it sick.
17:48How long you been sick leading up to
17:50that point? How long had you been sick
17:52leading up to that point? A
17:53>> day or two. Day or two.
17:58And uh
18:02he's sitting there talking to one of his
18:03friends. He's going to get get going to
18:05get give her a ride to Kellogg, Idaho
18:07for her court date. And I'm like, "What
18:09the [ __ ]
18:12Dad's going to give you a ride to
18:13[ __ ] Kellogg, Idaho."
18:16Like, what kind of [ __ ] [ __ ] is that?
18:19Ask you for a ride to the other side of
18:20town and you [ __ ] blow your wig, you
18:23know? And we're talking [ __ ] probably
18:26about 100 miles to wherever they're
18:28going.
18:30>> And I asked for right the other side of
18:31[ __ ] town and he [ __ ] blow a
18:33gasket,
18:34you know. And I was like the other thing
18:38she ain't g no [ __ ]
18:41So I don't see why you [ __ ] drop
18:43everything you have to do to [ __ ]
18:45show for her around. But you you you
18:49won't help me do nothing productive.
18:50You'll help me stay in this house and
18:52stay sick.
18:55>> [snorts]
18:55>> that you won't help me do nothing
18:57productive. want me to give a man ride,
18:59go get some clothes or, you know,
19:03um, settle a couple deals that I had
19:06going, you know, people buying drones
19:08and stuff for me off eBay marketplace.
19:12You think he won't do nothing like that,
19:14but he'll [ __ ] give this [ __ ] a ride
19:15to her [ __ ] court date when she's
19:17already got a car, you know? I don't
19:20have a car.
19:23I have to do anything. I have to go
19:24[ __ ] walk.
19:27It [ __ ] sucks. It's almost impossible
19:29to, you [clears throat] know,
19:31get the [ __ ] done that I need to get
19:33done to be able to get into up to AVHS
19:35to check in by two.
19:37>> Was this lady there in person or was
19:39she?
19:40>> Yes, she was there in person.
19:41>> Okay. So, it wasn't a phone call.
19:44>> And uh
19:44>> was it?
19:45>> Yeah.
19:48I was like, I was I was like [ __ ] I
19:52was like, that's [ __ ] up. Like what?
19:54And she like
19:56the dad's gonna [ __ ] drive you all
19:58the way over there, but he don't even
19:59drive me over to the other side of
20:00[ __ ] town without flipping his
20:02[ __ ] lid.
20:03You know,
20:07makes [snorts] no [ __ ] sense to me,
20:09you know? I would, me personally, I
20:11would rather get my son red than some
20:13[ __ ] [ __ ] you know, or friend or
20:16whatever in the [ __ ] they think they are
20:17to each other. But I would think that my
20:21kid would come first,
20:23you know.
20:26>> [snorts]
20:28>> But
20:28>> what' she say?
20:29>> Huh?
20:30>> What'd she say?
20:30>> She just looked at me and she said, "I'm
20:32leaving."
20:36Oh, well.
20:40>> Did she Huh?
20:41>> Did she leave then?
20:42>> Yeah.
20:46>> Then what happened? Yeah. Go [ __ ]
20:48herself cuz she's [ __ ] piece of [ __ ]
20:50that [ __ ]
20:52um
20:57yeah I don't know just being a [ __ ]
21:00dick teas my dad thing my dad my dad
21:02likes her so
21:05>> how long has she been in the picture
21:08>> long time
21:09>> years or months or
21:13>> does your dad have a relationship with
21:15her or is she just using him
21:18>> it's going to take relationship too
21:20>> using each other.
21:25What kind of
21:27split out of there roughly?
21:29>> Um,
21:35no.
21:38>> What time was your appointment at ABHS?
21:41>> I was supposed to be there by 2:00.
21:43Was was your dad going to give you a
21:45ride there or he wouldn't
21:46>> he wasn't going to give you a ride
21:48anywhere?
21:49>> Nope.
21:52>> And where where's that place at?
21:54>> Out on me mission and
21:58>> the one out there by the old water
21:59slides.
22:00>> Yep. [snorts]
22:01>> Okay.
22:06>> He wasn't going to give me right now.
22:07Wasn't going to give me a ride. He was
22:08these clothes that I had other person's
22:10house.
22:11did nothing.
22:15>> Then what happened?
22:21Then he just gave me two big old fat
22:23chunks of mint and I went in the
22:24bathroom smoking
22:29came out [ __ ]
22:32way too high. Way too high. I don't want
22:34to get that high. I don't like getting
22:36high fs.
22:39When was the last time you done that?
22:41Huh? When was the last time you've done
22:43math?
22:45>> Oh, all day. Oh,
22:47>> I thought you said over there. That
22:49wasn't [clears throat]
22:50your common. It's not I don't I don't I
22:52don't like doing this, but I will if not
22:55if if it's the only thing around.
22:57>> Okay.
22:58>> And uh
23:01yeah, he wouldn't give me a ride to the
23:02clinic for the past two days to me
23:05clinic.
23:07Um,
23:09[clears throat]
23:12and they just
23:18did he want you to go to treatment?
23:20>> Yeah.
23:25Why do you think he wasn't giving you a
23:27ride?
23:28>> Huh? Why do you think he didn't want to
23:29give you a ride then?
23:33His high horse,
23:35you know?
23:37I don't know.
23:41>> What were you smoking the meth out of
23:43>> the pipe?
23:44>> Like do you remember what it looked
23:45like? Like it was like a chip. Like a
23:48Sherlock
23:50>> curvy one.
23:51>> Yeah.
23:51>> Okay. So you smoked the shards of methan
23:55got too high as you said.
23:57>> Yep. And
23:57>> then what happened? [snorts]
24:00>> I asked that. I was like, "Dad, can you
24:01give me a ride?"
24:03and you were on his veins.
24:06He says, "No."
24:10Come on, Dad. Please. I really need a
24:12ride.
24:14Help me [ __ ] help me get into [ __ ]
24:17impatient. Please. Like,
24:20my skin's crawling.
24:24Um,
24:27please. That's all I ask is just help me
24:29get a little bit of opiates so that I
24:30can [ __ ] my skin calm down once I get
24:32in there. They'll get me my methodone
24:34started again and I'll be good. I'll be
24:38out in 3 months.
24:42No, not giving me a ride. I'm not giving
24:46you a ride to treatment. Not giving you
24:48a ride nowhere.
24:53>> [clears throat]
24:53>> Find cabin
24:58throws me fat shard care.
25:06Smoke it. Smoke it. Smoke it. Smoke.
25:08Smoke. Smoke. Smoke. Smoke. Smoke.
25:09Smoke. Smoke. Smoke.
25:12As high as [ __ ] possible.
25:16And
25:19I said, "I'm sad. I can't sit still.
25:23My [ __ ] body's making convulsion like
25:29um [clears throat] movements.
25:33Um legs can't stand still. Body can't
25:36stand still. [ __ ] jaws are [ __ ]
25:39going back and forth. [ __ ] eyes are
25:41[ __ ] all over it place. Just can't
25:43sit still. Just twist flexing.
25:50Have you ever been that high before on
25:51meth?
25:52>> Yeah. Yeah. But yeah,
25:55not that high and sick at the same time.
25:58>> Okay.
26:00>> And uh
26:06um
26:15is there any lawyers here? Here? Yeah.
26:19No.
26:28>> How long would it take for him to get
26:30here?
26:33I'm not I'm not sure.
26:47Anyway,
26:54call my mom and see if she can get me a
26:56lawyer.
26:59>> Are you wanting a lawyer at this point?
27:00Is that what you're telling me?
27:01>> Well, I want to see if my mom can can
27:04get me a lawyer.
27:06>> Well, we went over your rights, right?
27:08And you have the right to an attorney.
27:11>> Yeah. Can I talk to my mom and ask her
27:13if she'll get me a lawyer?
27:17Mhm.
27:21Yeah.
27:24Hang tight for a few. Do you need more
27:27coffee?
27:28>> Yes, please. And uh um I'd have to do a
27:31number two.
27:32>> All right.
27:59It's still a little hot. We'll hold off
28:00on that.
28:02I'm uh Detective Walker. I'm just going
28:03to take a few pictures for them and then
28:05I'm going to get out of your hair. Um
28:08are you able to stand up and just stand
28:10in front of this wall for me?
28:12Won't
28:16take too long. Just put your back into
28:19the wall. There you go.
28:32Go ahead and do a quarter turn and face
28:33that wall for me.
28:40Another quarter turn and you'll face
28:41that back wall. There you go. Sure.
28:50Another quarter turn for me.
28:59Go ahead and face me, Amy. I'm just
29:02going to have you hold your hands out
29:03kind of together like that. Yep. A
29:07little closer together.
29:16And then flip your hands over for me.
29:32Make sure it's not blurry. Relax for a
29:34moment.
29:37You
29:37>> all right? Good.
29:52Good enough for what you need.
29:55Want some more?
29:56>> Yeah.
29:57>> Okay.
30:00Okay. Go ahead and hand out again for
30:02me.
30:07Thank you.
30:21Can you put your thumb like twist it as
30:24much as you can towards towards the
30:25ground? Here you go.
30:48better.
30:48>> Yeah.
30:49>> Okay.
30:50>> And then just kind of pull your hand up.
30:54>> Can you hold them out a little further?
30:59I can do
31:04>> or I can like this too.
31:05>> Can do like one from for here.
31:08>> Sure.
31:26Oops.
31:31Can you sit down? All right.
32:01I was asking. Okay.
32:05Nothing else.
32:14I
32:14>> think Detective Turby's making some
32:16phone calls stuff. So, I might be a two.
32:20Well, I know I actually I don't I'm not
32:23sure. I know you asked about your mom,
32:26so I don't know if he's calling your
32:28mom. I haven't had a chance to talk to
32:29him, but he might be calling her. She
32:32worked during the day.
32:37>> She And she's a few states away from
32:39what I understand. Where she at?
32:41>> Wyoming.
32:42>> Wyoming.
32:44>> Have you ever been over there to see
32:45her?
32:46>> A long time.
32:47>> Yeah. So, she's been there a while. She
32:50just moved.
32:58>> You guys talk quite a bit.
33:09>> Do you have a phone?
33:26This came from
33:28pretty peaceful.
33:31>> You like it?
33:42>> Have you been to ABHS before?
33:45>> [snorts]
34:01>> Did your dad think you weren't going to
34:02go or what?
34:04>> He wasn't taking me. Uhhuh.
34:07Do you care what happened?
34:20Did he say why he didn't want to give me
34:22a ride?
34:23>> He didn't respond.
34:37>> He never has said why he won't give you
34:39a ride.
34:40Dean never does give me rights like 10
34:43years I've been with him. He's giving me
34:45a ride twice six times.
34:4810 weeks out about us the whole way
34:50there the whole way back. How I'm
34:52wasting his time.
34:55>> Interesting.
34:56>> Like it be like a 20-minute drive for
34:58him but like a 2 and 1 half hour walk
35:00for me and somebody walk.
35:42So him not giving you a ride was never
35:44anything that's not that beautiful.
35:48I mean right now you're going to be
35:49under arrest for murder second degree
35:52you are going to go get you booked in
35:55get you back on the
35:58methone. All right.
36:11>> Um, we've already got
36:13>> Is there any left in there?
36:16>> Yeah. They're not going to let you have
36:17coffee over there.
36:20>> That's That's why I wanted to drink over
36:21here.
36:21>> You can You can have a couple drinks.
36:23It's pretty hot.
36:29So, what am I getting charged with?
36:31>> Second degree murder.
36:35>> Take take a couple quick drinks of that
36:36and then
36:39I thought we were still talking.
36:43>> Well, [clears throat] what you want you
36:44to say
36:47an attorney? I want my mom to give me an
36:49attorney. That's your right to remain
36:52silent. You want an attorney. Right.
37:02What?
37:03>> Take take one more drink. When will
37:05>> we talk again?
37:06Um, well, when you get to jail, you'll
37:08probably have a first appearance
37:09tomorrow. And at that time, the court
37:12will probably appoint you a public
37:14defender, and then they'll they'll let
37:17you know if if you want to talk to us
37:19again, let them know that you want to,
37:21and then they'll either they'll
37:24coordinate it or they'll let you know
37:26what your other options are.
37:38So, second degree murder.
37:40>> What? What? What is secondary?
37:42>> Means you didn't plan it.
37:53>> All right. Just set that down here and
37:54he's going to escort you back out there.
38:00Oh my god.
38:31Following the interrogation, Damen Eert
38:34was charged with seconddegree murder in
38:37the death of his father, Robert Eert.
38:40Investigators recovered a bloodied stake
38:42knife near the recliner where the attack
38:44began. A trail of blood led toward the
38:47apartment's entrance where Robert
38:49collapsed after attempting to escape.
38:52Surveillance footage also showed Damen
38:55leaving the building with a dog before
38:57driving away in his father's vehicle.
39:00Authorities also learned that Damen had
39:02admitted to the killing during separate
39:04conversations [music] with his mother
39:06and former girlfriend. During his
39:09initial court appearance, prosecutors
39:11highlighted his extensive criminal
39:13history, [music] which included eight
39:15prior felony convictions and 40 failures
39:18to appear in court. A judge subsequently
39:21set his bail at $2 million. In June
39:252026, Damen pleaded guilty to
39:28seconddegree murder in Spokane County
39:30Superior Court. Judge [music] Harold
39:33Clark III sentenced him to 257 months in
39:37prison, equivalent to 21 years and 5
39:40months. This represented the lowest
39:42sentence permitted within his applicable
39:44standard [music] sentencing range.
39:47Following his eventual release, Damen
39:49will also be required to serve three
39:51years of community custody under the
39:54supervision of the Washington State
39:55Department of Corrections.
39:58As of September 2026, [music] Damian
40:00remained incarcerated with no active
40:03appeals identified in the reviewed
40:05public records.
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