Killer of Everett firefighter sentenced 34 years after the crime
Elmer Nash was sentenced to 10 years in prison for first-degree murder. The prosecution and defense only requested three and a half years. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 6:07 PM PDT May 13, 2021
EVERETT, Wash. A Snohomish County judge sentenced Elmer Nash, Jr. to 10 years in prison and parole for the rest of his life for the killing of an Everett firefighter 34 years ago.
At 47-years-old Elmer Nash, Jr. walked in the courtroom for his sentencing, just one year younger than the man he killed.
“I wish I could turn back the clock and take a match out of a kid’s hand,” testified Parks’ oldest daughter, Erin Van Ry.
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) A Snohomish County judge sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and parole for the rest of his life for the killing of an Everett firefighter 34 years ago.
Time stopped for the family of Everett firefighter Gary Parks on February 16, 1987, when Elmer Nash Jr., now 47, set fire to the Everett Community College library to cover up a burglary, KING5 reported.
Nash was 12-years-old at the time and went on to become a career criminal racking up 11 felony convictions as an adult along with 58 misdemeanors. He added one more misdemeanor last week when he failed to appear for his sentencing.
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 1987 death of Everett firefighter
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Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for death of Everett firefighter
EVERETT, Wash. - A judge sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and parole for the rest of his life for the killing of an Everett firefighter in 1987.
Everett firefighter Gary Parks died on 34 years ago when Elmer Nash Jr., now 47, set fire to the Everett Community College library to cover up a burglary.
Nash was 12-years-old at the time and went on to become a career criminal racking up 11 felony convictions as an adult along with 58 misdemeanors.