Three weeks after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Logan Slagle in Port Ludlow, details remain scant, according to Jefferson County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s …
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Three weeks after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Logan Slagle in Port Ludlow, details remain scant, according to Jefferson County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s offices.
“We have nothing new to report at this point,” said Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brett Anglin said Nov. 25.
“The coroner does not have a ruling as of yet. It is still an active investigation thus I don’t have much more to release at this time.”
Jefferson County Coroner James Kennedy echoed Anglin.
The sheriff’s office has described Slagle’s death as suspicious, although Anglin told The Leader on Nov. 3 that “the death is not currently considered a community safety concern.” Slagle, according to law enforcement, had been staying in Port Ludlow, but had an address from New Plymouth, Idaho.
According to Anglin, family members called law enforcement around 10 a.m. on Nov. 3 to report a dead body found in the 2000 block of Beaver Valley Road. Law enforcement reports do not cite a specific address.
Upon arrival, first responders determined the body of the dead man in his 20s bore several wounds consistent with either a homicide or a suicide. Police reported that Slagle was found outside a vehicle, but it is not clear if Slagle was the registered owner.
At the time, Anglin said an investigation was launched and witnesses were interviewed at the scene.
On Nov. 6, according to Jefferson County Undersheriff Andy Pernsteiner, the State Patrol Crime Lab processed the vehicle next to where Slagle’s body was found and discovered a knife inside.
“It looks like he was actually stabbed inside the vehicle and he was inside the vehicle for quite a while,” Pernsteiner said. “He got out of the vehicle and was found lying next to that vehicle.”
The autopsy showed a punctured lung caused by a stab wound as the likely cause of death, Pernsteiner said. The crime lab took swabs from different blood samples and collected the knife, which they will analyze for fingerprints, Pernsteiner said. Persteiner said investigators can’t rule out homicide until they get test results back from the vehicle.
Twelve days after the initial report, authorities released his name.
The county coroner has not yet released the manner of death.
