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Ferry County homicide victim named

Meghann M. Cuniff
Staff writer
October 29, 2008

Corey Monaghan, 35, of Renton, Wash., faces charges of first-degree murder and first-degree arson in the Oct. 22 killing of Jeremy Karavias in Malo, near Curlew. (Courtesy of Washington State Patrol)

The man slain in Ferry County last week was Jeremy Karavias, 19, of Kent, Wash.

Corey Monaghan, 35, of Renton, Wash., faces charges of first-degree murder and first-degree arson in the Oct. 22 killing in Malo, near Curlew.

Monaghan and Karavias showed up uninvited at the home of Monaghan's aunt and uncle, Ron and Kathy Wessel, on Art Creek Road on Oct. 21, said Kenna Ruiz, the Wessels' daughter.

Ron Wessel thought a gunshot he heard the next morning was accidental until he saw Monaghan break Karavias' neck, Ruiz said. Wessel left to call for help as Monaghan sliced open Karavias' stomach, Ruiz said.

The Washington State Patrol said Monaghan set the house on fire and ran before authorities captured him. The blaze destroyed the home; the Wessels are staying with their daughter in Curlew.

Ruiz said her family knows little about Karavias and is heartbroken for his family.

"We are so sorry this happened to their boy," she said.

Bail has been set at $750,000.

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