On Valentine’s Day in February 2020, the body of a young woman turned up dead in Olympic National Forest. The family man responsible for her death is quickly identified and leads authorities down a rabbit hole of lies that ended in horrific bloodshed.
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Alejandro Jesse Aguilera-Rojas (Source) Western District of Washington Court Documents paid for via PACER
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Olympic National Park Map (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- KING 5 (Seattle, WA): Homicide investigation underway after body found in Olympic National Forest, by KING 5 Staff.
- KIRO7 (Seattle, WA): Homicide investigation underway after woman’s body found on US Forest Service land, by KIRO 7 News Staff.
- Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA): Detectives investigate death as a homicide, by Peninsula Daily News.
- KING5 (Seattle, WA): Woman’s body found in remote Clallam County wilderness, by Eric Wilkinson.
- KONP News Radio (Port Angeles, WA): Arrest Made in Blyn Murder, by Radio Pacific, Inc.
- KIRO 7 (Seattle, WA): Renton man arrested after woman’s body found on US Forest Service land, by KIRO 7 News Staff.
- Sequim Gazette (Sequim, WA): $1 million bail set in murder case, by Rob Ollikainen via Internet Archive.
- Sequim Gazette (Sequim, WA): Suspect is charged in killing near Blyn, by Paul Gottlieb.
- United States Department of Justice: Renton, Washington, man charged federally with murder in Olympic National Forest.
- People: Married Wash. Man Allegedly Beat Calif. Woman to Death with Bottle After She Flew to See Him, by Christine Pelisek.
- Oxygen: Man Allegedly Beats, Stabs Mistress To Death With Tequila Bottle, Box Cutter, After She Flew Out To See Him, by Gina Tron.
- United States Department of Justice: Renton, Washington, resident sentenced to 16+ years in prison for murder in Olympic National Forest.
- Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA): Man to serve 16 years for murder.
- (Sources 14 -24) Purchased Court Records from Washington Western District Court via PACER. (see full texts)
- Department of the Interior: 11 Things you Didn’t Know About Olympic National Park.
- Time and Date: Past Weather in Olympic National Park.