Woman arrested in rural Washington after husband found dead in Keizer home

CHELAN COUNTY, Wash. (KPTV) – The wife of a man who was found dead in a Keizer area home has been arrested on murder charges in rural Washington.

Shelly Rae Peca, 56, was found by US Marshals off a forest service road in a remote area of Chelan County, Wash., on Monday afternoon, according to Keizer Police.

Shelly was arrested and booked into the Snohomish County Correction Facility on second-degree murder charges.

The search for Shelly began on July 17 when police began investigating the suspicious death of her husband, 59-year-old Walter Arthur Peca, after he was found dead at his home in Keizer…

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