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Couple Wanted In Great Northwest Murder Arrested In Yuba County

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YUBA COUNTY (CBS13) — A man and woman wanted in a Washington state murder and in the disappearance of a teenager in Oregon were arrested in Yuba County on Wednesday afternoon.

David Joseph Pedersen, 31, and Holly Ann Grigsby, 24, of Portland, Ore., were arrested by the California Highway Patrol after being spotted in the car owned by the missing Oregon teen, 19-year-old Cody Myers of Oregon. A body matching the description of Myers was found Tuesday in Oregon.

Pedersen and Grigsby are suspected of stabbing Pedersen’s 69-year-old stepmother to death and also suspected in the disappearance of Pedersen’s father.

According to police, a CHP officer spotted Myers’ missing car Wednesday in unincorporated Yuba County at about 1 p.m. and asked Grigsby, who was standing outside the car, if she needed assistance. She told him no, that she was just stretching.

The officer drove off but then, remembering the report of the stolen vehicle with Oregon license plates, pulled back behind the vehicle, confirmed the car was linked to the manhunt and executed a felony arrest.

The couple surrendered without incident, but two handguns and a rifle were found in the car, a 1999 Plymouth.

According to police, Pedersen and Grigsby have been on the run since Sept. 28 when Pedersen’s stepmother, Leslie, was found stabbed to death in her Everett, Wash., mobile home. Leslie Pedersen, 69, was found in bed, her hands bound with duct tape and her head wrapped in a pillow soaked with blood. A sword lay nearby.

David Pedersen is a convicted felony on parole who has spent a majority of his adult life in prison. Grigsby also has served time behind bars.

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  • Cal

    Which is it? CHP or Yuba County SD? Come on CBS!!!

    “Pedersen is a convicted felony on parole”….hmmmmmm good job!

    • Matt

      It clearly states CHP. Not sure about your complaint. Typo, really no big deal on the “felon/felony”.

    • kim

      A CHP officer in Yuba County executed the stop and the arrest. No so sure what’s so difficult to understand about that……….

  • jim

    do they even have to read and write to get a reporting job now

    • Matt

      I’m sure YOU are perfect at your job…you haven’t ever made a mistake?

  • Whitey

    EeeWwww WHITE TRAILER TRASH…LOL!

  • rmcsticks

    and we let them out WHY ?. just keep cutting the budget and you are going to see c r a p like this more and more.

  • rmcsticks

    CBS: Really we cant use the word C R A P your readers are not 6 like you !

  • flashman1854

    This is an example of why we need the death penalty.

    This guy should have never been paroled, and a quick trial, a tree, rope, and noose are all that’s needed now.

    Perhaps one for the girl too. (Or, at least LIFE in jail)

  • Ratt

    Why didn’t the CHP guy just shot them, they had no problem killing people on their rampage.

  • Rhonda Collins

    I do understand everyone’s out rage, however, with that said,i would like to thank that wonderful CHP officer for doing his job so well. Because if it were not for him i believe there just might of been more killings…My prayers go out to the Myers and the Pedersen’s families…

  • Lisa

    Good job and THANK YOU to the sharp and brave police officer who spotted them and took them off the streets! !!Who knows how many lives he saved?!

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