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Officer's killing haunts = deputy=20

by Andrew DeMillo
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau =

BURLINGTON, Skagit County - It was a newly paved road, so = sheriff's=20 Deputy Dan Luvera wasn't surprised when he spotted three Anacortes = men=20 speeding in a blue Pontiac Firebird that night. Luvera pulled the = car over=20 and let them off with a warning.=20
He didn't realize that half an hour later, early last Friday, a = 23-year-old naval officer would be fatally shot as he drove along = another=20 highway nearby. And that the three men he had pulled over would be = accused=20 of the slaying.=20
Over the past week, the 41-year-old deputy has repeatedly=20 second-guessed his actions but says there's nothing he could have = done to=20 prevent what Skagit County Prosecutor Tom Verge called the "thrill = kill"=20 of Navy Lt. j.g. Scott Kinkele along state Highway 20.=20
Seth Anderson, 23, and his half brother Eben Berriault, 36, = have been=20 charged with first-degree murder, and their friend, 25-year-old = Adam=20 Moore, with first-degree manslaughter in Kinkele's death.=20
"That just made me sick," Luvera said in an interview at his = home here=20 yesterday. "I started . . . wondering what I could have done = differently."=20
Luvera was monitoring car speeds along Cook Road near Mount = Vernon when=20 Anderson sped by with Berriault and Moore, according to the = sheriff's=20 deputy. They were going 20 mph over the posted speed limit, Luvera = said,=20 though he doesn't recall what that limit was.=20
The three had been drinking heavily earlier that evening and = had shot=20 at a car driven by a 33-year-old Sedro-Woolley woman, prosecutors = say.=20 Authorities say the three, who had set out with a .22-caliber = rifle and a=20 12-gauge shotgun, had also fired shots at a road sign and a dog = earlier.=20
The three seemed calm and collected, Luvera said, and didn't = show any=20 signs of being drunk when he pulled them over.=20
Police hadn't received any reports of the earlier shootings at = the time=20 Luvera pulled the car over, according to Harry Hemphill, chief = criminal=20 deputy sheriff for Skagit County.=20
"I didn't see any signs of intoxication," Luvera said. "Their = speech=20 wasn't slurred. They weren't swerving. (Anderson) didn't fumble = when he=20 reached for his wallet. They just seemed real calm and real = apologetic."=20
Once they saw Luvera's flashing lights behind them, Berriault = threw the=20 rifle out the window, according to court papers.=20
Luvera said he didn't see anything fly out of the car or any = evidence=20 of guns in the car when he pulled them over.=20
"I shined my light in there," he said, "and there wasn't = anything out=20 of the ordinary in there."=20
Hemphill didn't question Luvera's actions that night, and said = the=20 deputy followed standard procedure.=20
Luvera said he let the trio off with a stern warning and told = them to=20 go back to Anderson's home.=20
Berriault and Anderson are being held on $1 million bail each = and Moore=20 on $250,000 bail. All three have been assigned attorneys and are = to be=20 arraigned Wednesday.=20
Berriault's attorney, public defender Gary Gaer, was not = available for=20 comment yesterday, and Roy Howson, Anderson's attorney in Mount = Vernon,=20 declined to comment.=20
Burlington lawyer Rob Jones, who represents Moore, said the = Anacortes=20 man had joined his friends Anderson and Berriault to poach deer.=20
"This was an evening that started with one thing in mind, and = he didn't=20 foresee what happened," Jones said. "(Moore's) a young man who got = involved in something that got rapidly out of control and = escalated to a=20 dangerous situation before he could do anything about it.=20
"He's not a leader. He was just very frightened and didn't know = what to=20 do."=20
If convicted, Berriault faces up to 58 years in prison, = Anderson up to=20 48 years and Moore up to nine years.=20
Within the next 30 days, prosecutors will decide whether to = file a=20 charge of aggravated first-degree murder against Berriault and = Anderson.=20 That charge would carry the possibility of the death penalty.=20

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by Andrew DeMillo Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau =

by Andrew DeMillo
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