PORT TOWNSEND — One fall day in downtown Port Townsend, Anna Nasset was creating a window display at her gallery, Artisans on Taylor. When a man appeared with a painting under his arm, she felt the briefest hesitation before opening her door — and her world — to the one who would become her stalker.
State officials say behavioral health privacy protections prohibit them from saying whether or not a Sequim man has been civilly committed after being accused of murdering his mother and attempting to kill a police officer last year.
After nearly six months of evaluation at Western State Hospital, Bret Allen Kenney, 35, was deemed incompetent by state medical professionals and unable to stand trial for the murder of his mother and attempting to kill a Sequim police officer.