Remembering Greg Moore

Greg's Letter to Michelle

“I love our life together, we are only 51 now, and if you think about it we have longer to go than we have been together and I am really excited about that. I know that sometimes it’s boring and sometimes things don’t move along as fast as you would like but we will get to where we are going (wherever that may be), most importantly we will get there together.

“Who knows where we will end up, but I know one thing; no matter what we will always be fine. I will always love you, care for you, provide for you, and support you. Not that you can’t do it yourself, but its nice to know someone has your back no matter what.

“Happy 51st birthday. We are both in great shape and adventure awaits! There will be exciting times, boring times, times we disagree, times we really like each other and I am sure times we don’t so much. Through all those times, from sitting on the couch to great adventures, to the mundane day-in and day-out stuff I always love you just the same. So happy birthday! I have more birthdays to say that in the future than I have had in the past.

“Love Always and Forever, Your Husband.”

How He Died

On July 18th around 06:15 AM Greg Moore was running on 216th street in Maple Valley, WA. While coming up on the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran, a driver struck and killed Greg. The driver of the vehicle then fled the scene, and left the family with no answers for nearly 2 months. Finally on September 7th investigators recovered the vehicle involved in the hit and run, but were still looking for the driver of the car.

Finally a family member brought the individual into a police station. This individual is currently up to be tried as a juvenile, even though the actions were brutal.

The case remained unsolved for about eight weeks. King County Sheriff’s Office detectives used headlight fragments found near the scene, video surveillance and other evidence to identify a 2004 Toyota Camry that hit Moore and led detectives to the girl. Detectives released a photo of a similar Camry to the media to help track down the girl. Detectives discovered she had taken her godmother’s vehicle without permission or knowledge of the godmother.

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Court Sentencing

The girl, 15 at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty March 20 in King County Juvenile Court in Seattle to a second-degree hit-and-run murder charge and to a hit-and-run charge in a separate case in Des Moines the day before she hit Moore, a married father of three adult children.

It took about 18 months since the teen’s arrest before her guilty plea ended the case. There were many reasons the case dragged on, including the defense asking for the case to be continued for more time to prepare their case as they looked for mitigating factors, said King County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jimmy Hung in an earlier interview. Hung said the case also was delayed when the public defender originally assigned to the case was moved out of juvenile court, so another attorney had to take over.

“She was sentenced to be in custody until age 21, which is the longest someone at her age can be held for these charges and her age in Juvenile Court,” said Casey McNerthney, spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Michelle's Statement

Laureen's Statement