The double homicide in Battle Ground on Tuesday, June 3, involved a man killing his estranged wife and her new partner and then turning a knife on himself, according to Clark County Superior Court documents.
The Battle Ground Police Department has enough evidence for probable cause for 40-year-old Evaristo “Junior” Vela to be charged with a count of first-degree aggravated murder, domestic violence, and a count of first-degree aggravated murder. He remains at a hospital in Portland,
On Thursday, June 5, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims in the stabbing in the 2100 block of Northeast Second Avenue as Tiffany Vela, 37, of Battle Ground, and Spencer Jones, 37, of unknown town residence. The medical examiner said the two died of “multiple sharp force injuries.” Their deaths were ruled homicides…