Trial begins in murder of the Careaga family
Opening statements are underway in the trial of the three men charged with killing a family ‘execution-style’ in Kitsap County.
Four members of the Careaga Family were murdered in Jan. 2017.
Charged for the murders are suspects Danie Kelly Jr., and brothers Robert “Bobby” Watson and Johnny Watson. They have a total of 10 charges for their involvement in the murders. Each has pled not guilty to all accusations against them.
On the day of the murders, 16-year-old Hunter Schaap made a horrifying discovery at his family’s home in Seabeck. He dialed 911 and told a dispatcher, “Help. My whole family’s shot. Me too.”
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“One of the last moments of Johnny’s life was on video at Camp Union grocery store buying cigarettes,” said Montgomery while showing the jury surveillance pictures of Johnny Careaga.
“That cellphone, that track phone went with Bobby out to Seabeck in order to lure Johnny from his house, up to a little store called Camp Union, so that he could take control of him and start the process that would end in Johnny’s and his family’s murders,” said Montgomery.
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“Sometime after years of selling marijuana, Johnny and Danie had a falling out because Johnny believed that Danie stole about $15,000 from him,” said Montgomery. “Some people thought they hated each other.”
