of carpet remnants, the ripped and discarded bag of cement, and a pile of dried and hardened concrete, which had been left in the bag and discarded by the side of the road. Once he pointed out the grave sites, he was placed in a police vehicle and kept there.â
Parkhurst, Price, Yerbury, and Penton approached the first grave site from a common pathway. âThis is an area of sandy soil covered with dry ferns,â commented Parkhurst. âJust in front of the grave site was an area where a circle of cement was found. This circle represented a five-gallon bucket that was utilized after decapitating Achordâs head. Once the dried ferns were removed, officers could observe a pronounced area of raised dirt, probably an inch or two in height.â
âOnce the burial sites were confirmed, and before they actually removed the bodies, Detective Price and I drove Christopher St. Pierre back to Central Station,â recalled Yerbury. The ride back was neither uneventful nor nonproductive. First they made an unscheduled stop to chat with Mr. Gayle W. Adams of Elbe, Washington.
âWe were driving back to Tacoma,â Yerbury explained, âwhen I saw a tow truck leaving a gas station. We stopped him and introduced ourselves. We asked him if he was the person that towed Andrew Webbâs Dodge out of the ditch. He clearly remembered the incident, and although he didnât have the license plate number, he did recall that it was a brown or gold Dodge. He also remembered that the fellows didnât have exact change, and he didnât have any either, so he was paid thirty dollars instead of twenty-five.â
The two detectives and Chris St. Pierre were heading toward Central Station when St. Pierre offered another helpful bit of evidentiary advice. âHe pointed out the area where the Gerber knife used to murder Damon Wells had been thrown out of the car, and he also pointed out the area where the head had been discardedâapproximately midspan of the Lincoln Avenue Bridge.â
During the initial interview, Christopher St. Pierre told Yerbury and Price the reasons why he fully cooperated. âI told you âcause there was so much evidence, and I didnât want to get caught up in anything else,â said Chris St. Pierre. âItâs been on my conscience. I wanted to point out the facts and evidence, and clean everything up because if I told you the truth, I wouldnât be charged with a homicide. I didnât kill anyone. I was just an accessory. I just wanted to be charged with what I did and nothing else.
âI may be cutting my own throat for a big term, but I donât want to be charged with a murder. Now Iâll probably talk to an attorney and heâll say that I shouldnât have talked and they are charging me with murder. Iâm trying to help you guys just to get this shit over and done with. I decided while I was in the bedroom to tell you everything I know.â
Upon arrival at Central Station, Christopher St. Pierre confirmed again that he was willing to provide a sworn, notarized, formal statement of everything he knew, and everything he did. âWe took his statement, and after he had the opportunity to read and review it, he signed it in the presence of Detective Price and myself,â said Yerbury. âAt that point, he was booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of rendering criminal assistance.â
Officers Peterson and Washburn were dispatched to St. Josephâs Hospital to place Andrew Webb under arrest for first-degree murder. A steady stream of visitors had kept Webbâs spirits up, including his estranged wife, Anne, who had raced to his bedside the day Paul St. Pierre shot him in the stomach.
âI ran right to him, comforted him, cried over him, and worst of allâonce he was charged with murderâI believed him. At first I felt sorry for him; I guess I still loved him. Or at least I was neurotically attached to
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