SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson denied clemency for convicted murderer Travis Comeslast on May 11, according to the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
The decision came after the Washington Clemency and Pardons Board voted 3-1 on March 12, 2026, to recommend commutation, with one member changing a prior vote and a fifth member recusing.
Comeslast went to Christopher Gongyin’s Spokane home in June 1996 while Gongyin was asleep with his wife and infant child…