Minuteman Suspected of 4th Slaying
The accusations continue to pile up against Jason Bush (left), the Wenatchee white supremacist accused of accompanying Everett Minutemen leader Shawna Forde in the Arizona desert robbery and shootout that left a Mexican man and his 9-year-old daughter dead last month. Authorities now count four people as Bush homicide victims over a 12-year period. Beside the two June murders, Bush is suspected in the 1997 slaying of Hector Manuel Lopez Partida, 29, a homeless Wenatchee man stabbed seven times while sleeping. This week, at a press conference, Chelan County authorities said they now suspect Bush, a onetime Aryan Nations soldier, of another 1997 murder, that of Jonathan Bumstead, 18, of East Wenatchee, who was shot in the back and head. The Wenatchee World, quoting a detective, reports that an informant (who said he was at both of the Chelan murders) recalled Bush saying Bumstead was killed "because he was a traitor to the race." While the three other victims were Mexican, Bumstead was white. The indication was that he and Bush, who were acquaintances, had a falling out before the shooting. Charges are pending while, in Arizona, prosecutors are still considering seeking the death penalty against Bush, Forde and a third accomplice. 
2 comment(s)
Jackie says:
I was friends with Jonathan and it was a big shock to me and my friends when we learned of his murder. I am glad to hear that they have possibly found his killer after 12 long years and that justice will be served. I can only imagine what his family is feeling. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
Posted On: Friday, Jul. 31 2009 @ 9:10PM
MMetzger says:
Jackie,
I am so sorry for your loss, and I think that in time they will find that there are even more murders these crroks have committed, after all Shawna told me that there were a lot of holes in the desert.
These three will get their's especially when they meet Satan for their crimes.
Posted On: Saturday, Aug. 1 2009 @ 2:48AM