{"id":41330,"date":"2025-04-22T03:23:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41330"},"modified":"2025-04-22T03:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:24:20","slug":"suspect-used-nail-gun-in-killing-of-elderly-washington-woman-coroner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41330","title":{"rendered":"Suspect used nail gun in killing of elderly Washington woman, coroner says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Detectives investigating the death of a Washington state woman whose body was found buried under a shed<\/a> discovered a letter at the suspect\u2019s home that described a planned burglary and sexual assault, the Thurston County sheriff said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The injuries that killed Marcia Norman, 82, included trauma from a pneumatic nailer, Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer onset from injury to death was not instant. It was hours,\u201d Warnock said. He said the case was the worst he has seen in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Zizz, 47, a handyman who worked for Norman, was booked Sunday<\/a> on charges of murder, kidnapping and unlawful disposal of human remains. He is expected to be formally charged by Wednesday, Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zizz had a preliminary court appearance Monday and has not yet entered a plea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was being held without bail Monday. Online court records did not show an attorney who could speak on his behalf Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman was found April 9 buried under a shed in a shallow grave with concrete poured overtop after cadaver dogs alerted on the property and following the use of ground-penetrating radar, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zizz was the last person to see Norman on April 1, and investigators later learned he had dinner with her that night, Sheriff Derek Sanders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman\u2019s family reported suspicious circumstances regarding a missing person April 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Searches the next day at Zizz\u2019s house and room uncovered \u201ca five-page letter which meticulously planned out a burglary and sexual assault of a woman who is referred to as his customer,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter is part of the investigation. Sanders said “there are similarities” in what’s described in the letter and what evidence shows happened in the Norman case, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat part we\u2019re still investigating,\u201d Sanders said, adding that detectives have a lot of follow-up work to do. \u201cThe letter that they uncovered is extremely disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no evidence of sexual assault, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A motive in the killing is not clear. \u201cIf I had to guess at this point in time, it\u2019s because the suspect that we have in custody is a violent person,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said Zizz fled to Montana as detectives investigated Norman’s disappearance. Authorities in Thurston County obtained an arrest warrant for a probation violation from a previous child molestation case, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zizz was arrested in Missoula, Montana, on April 7 and extradited to Washington on April 13, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zizz had been initially interviewed in Norman’s disappearance and his answers seemed reasonable, Sanders said, but a license plate reader in Olympia contradicted his claim he was home the night she disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That was the first step in which we were able to put him into a lie and then expand further,” Sanders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An arraignment is scheduled for May 6, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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