A Eureka man who pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers — two of them fatally — was sentenced to serve four life sentences in prison today by Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Killoran. According to a press release from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, Wesley Lee Starritt, 26, had pleaded guilty to murdering […]
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Man Already in Custody Arrested in 2017 Eureka Murder
A man once described by former Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson as “a possible serial killer in the making” has been arrested on suspicion of killing a man who was stabbed to death in 2017 while sleeping in an alley. Wesley Lee Starritt, 23, has been formally charged for the murder of 56-year-old Charles “Chuckie” […]
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Suspect in Eureka Murder, Two Other Recent Stabbings Ruled Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial, LoCo Reports
The Lost Coast Outpost is reporting that Wesley Lee Starritt, who is accused of killing an elderly Eureka man and brutally stabbing two other people, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. According to the story, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning, referred Starritt to the state agency Conrep after receiving a doctor’s […]
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Suspect Arrested in Campton Homicide
The Eureka Police Department arrested Wesley Lee Starritt yesterday on suspicion of killing Roger Mitchell “Mitch” Clark, who was found dead at his Campton Drive home on May 20. The Times-Standard reported that Eureka Police Department Chief Steve Watson said the arrest of Wesley Lee Starritt has taken “a possible serial killer in the making […]
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EPD: ‘Person of Interest’ in Campton Road Homicide Arrested
A person of interest in the homicide of an 84-year-old Campton Road resident found dead in his home May 20 has been arrested on unrelated charges, the Eureka Police Department reports. Wesley Lee Starritt, 22, was arrested by an EPD Problem-Oriented Policing Unit detective following a traffic stop May 26 while other investigators were watching […]