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Updated: Boy dead after stabbing in Coulee City

17-year-old twin in custody; updated with victim's name

COULEE CITY, Wash. (19FEB2017) -- A 17-year-old boy is dead and his twin brother is in custody after an early morning stabbing in Coulee City.

Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison Monday morning released the identity of the as Shane C. Wachter, age 17.

Deputies were called around 2:30 a.m. Sunday to a home in the 300 block of West Washington Street. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His twin brother is in custody for investigation of manslaughter and assault-domestic violence.

An autopsy to determine cause and manner of death is scheduled for Tuesday.

 

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