Mortal Danger

(from left) on the deck of their cottage in Gold Beach. The older couple were both landlords and close friends, but they were shocked when John arrived at a cookout and said he had killed Kate and cut her up with a machete. It was a sick joke. After that, the Turners tried to protect Kate from her erratic mate.

Harold Jewell (left) , Kate’s dad, and John in yet another disguise. The two men got along well at first, but later Harold moved in with Kate in an effort to keep her alive. The two lived a nightmare existence, wondering where John Branden was.

Gold Beach, Oregon, Detective Dave Gardiner. He investigated a man he knew as John Branden, almost caught him in California, and learned the final denouement of the case eight years later. Kate Jewell lived in terror for years, and Gardiner protected her.

Dr. Randall Nozawa from the cover of his book, Inside Dentistry: Everything You Need to Know. Ironically, this photo, taken before the car accident that half blinded him, shows him in high-powered dental glasses. He was forced to give up his practice when the crash destroyed his keen vision.

Turi Lee, eighteen, at her high school graduation in Tacoma, Washington. She was a beautiful young woman who married soon after and had three children.

Turi Lee, in her sixties, was still lovely. When she met John Williams, she felt that she had a second chance at love. They shared many interests at first, but John became more and more controlling and difficult to live with.

WRITTEN IN BLOOD

    Brian and Bev Mauck, newlyweds. They were the perfect match, with nothing but happiness ahead. ( Slater Family Collection )

Brian and Bev, who shared a jubilant sense of humor, laughing on their couch. The same couch is visible in crime-scene photos. ( Slater Family Collection )

Bev and Brian Mauck were married in “paradise” in Mexico on the beach, and then left to go scuba diving on their honeymoon on Turks and Caicos. They were both superior athletes. ( Slater Family Collection )

Bev and Brian Mauck on their honeymoon on Turks and Caicos. It was probably their favorite “getaway” vacation spot. They planned one more trip before they had children. ( Slater Family Collection )

This photo of Brian and Bev appeared on television news bulletins and in area papers—to the shock of their many, many friends. ( Slater Family Collection )

Daniel Tavares, twenty-five, poses for the mug shot camera in Massachusetts, after being arrested for a horrible crime.

Daniel Tavares, now in his forties, had many more tattoos in this mug shot taken in Pierce County, Washington, in November 2007. He'd sustained a black eye and facial cuts from a feisty victim, fighting for life.

Jennifer Lynne Tavares fell in “long-distance love” with a man she met through a convict website. Fascinated by his tattoos and macho image, she married him a few days after he came to Washington from Massachusetts. She would live to regret it.

Daniel Tavares in a police photo after his arrest. He left irrefutable physical evidence linking him to a cruel and mindless crime. Jennifer was there to help him cover up and lie for him.

Brian and Bev’s new house, which they worked two jobs to pay for. Both their vehicles were in the driveway, the panel was knocked out of their front door, but they didn't answer any of their three phones and neighbors were worried about them.

Daniel and Jennifer Tavares lived in this travel trailer with a lean-to and a “honey bucket” bathroom outside. Although they were a football field’s length from the Maucks’ home, they told Pierce County detectives that they had seen suspicious men at the victims’ home.

Bev Mauck almost made it out her front door, and she fought valiantly, leaving bruises and cuts on her killer. The killer left clear shoe prints in the blood, tying himself forever to the double murder.

Pierce County Officers saw bloodstained blankets covering the bodies of two victims just inside the front door, where a panel had been kicked out. In the upper right, the wall is speckled with back-spatter blood, but there is a tall blank spot, the “phantom image” of the shooter, showing where he (or she) stood.

Detectives and forensic investigators photographed a clear photo left by the killer’s shoe in the blood that marred the Maucks’ floor, even though they thought the guilty person would dump the shoes as soon as possible.

When a suspect in the Maucks’ murders walked into Pierce County Sheriff’s