Tacoma – A Tacoma man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to second degree murder in the 2018 death of a 34-year-old woman near Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
52-year-old Bobbie Pease admits he used a baseball bat and gun to murder the woman on federal land. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to recommend a 26-year prison term when Pease is sentenced in October.
According to the plea agreement, Pease was sharing a house with the victim and drove her to a wooded area nearby, claiming he wanted to do some target shooting. At the wooded area, he and a friend confronted the victim about items they accused her of stealing before killing her.
The two later made calls to the police attempting to mislead them during the investigation by claiming the victim had moved out of state.
In September of 2018, the victim’s body was discovered by railroad workers.
Pease and his co-defendant Jeremy Warren were then arrested in Forks, where they had moved to avoid authorities.