Updated
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Ricky Allen Riffe is back in Lewis County.
Riffe, 53, was arrested at his home in Alaska on July 8 for the 1985 slayings of Edward and Wilhelmina “Minnie” Maurin of Ethel.
[1]Rick Riffe
He has been brought back to face charges of two counts each of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree robbery, as well as one count of burglary.
Riffe was booked into the Lewis County Jail abut 9:45 p.m. tonight, according to the jail roster.
He will go before a judge at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Prosecutors believe Riffe and his now-deceased brother John Gregory Riffe got into the couple’s home, uncovered bank records and forced the couple to go with them to the bank and withdraw $8,500 before shooting them in the backs with a shotgun inside their car, according to charging documents.
The Maurin’s bodies were found days later on Christmas Eve 1985 off a logging road west of Adna.
Ed Maurin was 81 years old, his wife 83.
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See video from Kirotv.com of Riffe’s arrival at the jail, here [2]
For back ground, read:
• “Breaking news: Sheriff: Cold case solved in 1985 shooting death of elderly Ethel couple” from Monday July 9, 2012 at 9:13 a.m., here [3]
• “Sheriff: It’s safe for further witnesses to come forward following arrest in deaths of Ethel couple” from Monday July 9, 2012 at 5:14 p.m., here [4]