An Oregon man and his girlfriend have admitted to killing the man's father and stepmother in a 5-day crime spree that authorities said ultimately left four dead across the Pacific Northwest.David Joseph Pedersen, 31, told a California newspaper in a story published Monday that he killed his father and was responsible for the three other killings in Washington, Oregon and California. His 24-year-old girlfriend, Holly Grigsby, separately described to investigators in Washington state how she killed Pedersen's stepmother using two knives.Pedersen and Grigsby have pleaded not guilty to charges of weapons possession and vehicle theft, and their bail was set at $1 million. They are expected in court Tuesday for an extradition hearing. They have not been charged in the killings.Both share an interest in white supremacy ideology, with Pedersen prominently displaying a white supremacy tattoo on his neck. Grigsby's white supremacist leanings were made clear to fellow inmates at Oregon's women's prison.
One of two suspects in a Northwest killing spree that left four people dead wrote in a letter to a newspaper that they killed the last victim, in California, because he was "non-white."
The Oregonian newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/owQtWB ) it received the letter discussing the killing from David "Joey" Pedersen.
Since their arrest the two white supremacists have given statements and interviews bragging about the crimes they are accused of committing.
In his letter to The Oregonian, Pedersen used white supremacist justifications for the death of Clark. Pedersen wrote he and Grigsby decided to kill a "non-white."
"We felt it'd be optimal if, in securing another vehicle, we could also take some riffraff off the street," Pedersen wrote.
He said the pair planned to travel to the "first large city" to give them some "breathing room to operate and in which we would have a number of options to choose from when it came to the selection of a target."
Grigsby and Pedersen have sought to portray themselves as warriors on a campaign to — as Grigsby put it in an interview with a California newspaper — keep "our race" from "being wiped out."
Grigsby told investigators they killed Myers because the teen's last name made them think he was Jewish. But in a later newspaper interview she said they didn't know his name until they had taken his wallet. Myers was a devout Christian.
In his letter to The Oregonian, Pedersen said he and Grigsby had set out to "strike out as often as possible at various members of the Jewish community here in America.
