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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.
Everett arsonist sentenced to decade in prison for deadly 1987 fire Ryan Simms
Thirty-four years after an Everett firefighter died in an arson case, the man who confessed to setting that fire is finally headed to prison.
Elmer Nash will serve a 10-year prison sentence. Additionally, he faces a lifetime of community supervision once he’s released from prison.
During his sentencing, Nash was overcome with emotion as he addressed the family of firefighter Gary Parks.
Nash’s attorneys argued he was an abused, neglected 12-year-old when he deliberately lit a fire at Everett Community College in 1987.
Parks responded to that blaze and lost his life in the process.
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 1987 death of Everett firefighter
By AP News Staff
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.
Man who confessed to arson that killed Everett firefighter a no-show at sentencing
Elmer Nash, Jr. had already pleaded guilty for a 1987 arson that killed Gary Parks when Nash was just 12-years-old. Author: Eric Wilkinson Updated: 7:00 PM PDT May 7, 2021
He is now apparently on the run. Authorities are on his trail, and a family that has waited 34 years for justice will have to wait a little longer.
Everett firefighter Gary Parks died Feb 16, 1987, while putting out an arson that destroyed the library at Everett Community College.
Investigators at the time suspected 12-year-old Nash but they didn t have enough evidence for an arrest.