Washington Governor Bob Ferguson is reviewing the case of Timothy Pauley—a convicted killer who was once sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, but could now walk free due to former Governor Jay Inslee’s decision.
Pauley is serving three life sentences at the Monroe Correctional Complex for a deadly armed robbery that happened in 1980. He was 21 years old when he committed the crime, robbing the Barn Door Tavern with an accomplice.
The two robbers used extension cords to tie up three women and two men who were cleaning up, according to The Daily Chronicle. The women were forced to undress in front of them while two men—night manager Loran Dowell and bartender Robert Pierre—were put in a walk-in cooler, where Pauley executed them, shooting them both in the head. Linda Burford, Pierre’s girlfriend and former waitress at the bar, was strangled by an extension cord that was used to tie her up…