Missing Thurston News Today

Two teenagers accused of killing a man near Orting in Sep. 2022—one of them seemingly staging a disappearance to avoid murder charges—have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Two 16-year-olds were arrested Friday night in connection to a homicide investigation in Orting, where deputies found a man dead with a gunshot wound inside his home. According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), one of the teenagers involved was the Olympia High School football player who went missing, and was later found safe last Thursday.