Man visiting family for funeral killed in 2016, WA cops say. Now, woman arrested

A woman was arrested after being accused of an attack that left a 65-year-old man dead nine years ago, Washington police said.

In March 2016, George Cecil David, of British Columbia, was staying at an apartment in Port Angeles, with plans to see his family and attend a funeral, according to a June 10 Facebook post by the city’s police department.

David, a known woodcarver, was found dead in the apartment on March 28 of that year from blunt force trauma to his head, police told the Times Colonist.

“These are in collections all over the world,” his niece Bonnie David said about his work to the outlet. He had been to Vancouver to sell his work not long before his death.

In April 2016, officers identified 55-year-old Tina Marie Alcorn as a primary suspect, police said.

Alcorn was arrested in Mount Vernon on an outstanding warrant issued by Arkansas officers, and although charges in regards to David’s case were not filed, she was later extradited to Arkansas and booked on charges of violating her probation in a theft case, police said.

In 2024, Port Angeles officers reopened the case along with the Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force, police said.

“This case has never been forgotten,” Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith said in the release. “The renewed investigation, bolstered by our partnership with the MMIWP Task Force, reflects our commitment to justice and to honoring George David’s memory.”

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office will be processing the charges against Alcorn in David’s case, officers said.

Police didn’t specify their relationship or what led to the attack.

She waived her extradition and was booked into the Clallam County jail on a murder charge, officers said and records show.

Her bail was set at $1 million, and she is scheduled to reappear in court on June 20 for her arraignment, officers said.

Port Angeles is about a 140-mile drive northwest from Seattle.

This story was originally published June 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM with the headline "Man visiting family for funeral killed in 2016, WA cops say. Now, woman arrested."