Deputies say Yelm standoff and death investigation may be related – KIRO 7 News Seattle

When officers and detectives arrived, their investigation led them to a locked trailer on an adjacent property where two people were located. The officers managed to get one person out. An armed man was still in the house.

The Washington State Patrol SWAT team and bomb disposal unit were called in. Negotiators spoke with the man for several hours but were unable to persuade him to surrender. Eventually he committed suicide.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office believes there is a connection between the death investigation and the standoff.

However, they say the investigation into the possible death had just begun after the standoff ended Tuesday evening.

Shortly after 10 p.m., officials informed us that a body had been found.