Fugitive May Be Waiting for Us

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NORTH BEND, Wash. ? Police who surrounded the rugged underground bunker of a Washington state murder suspect now have negotiators on scene trying to lure its occupant outside.

King County Sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West says a team of the department's hostage negotiators were dropped Saturday morning by helicopter into the Cascade Mountain foothills east of Seattle where 41-year-old Peter Keller is believed to be holed up.

West says the negotiators are trying to contact whoever is in the bunker by bullhorn and other means. SWAT teams reported having seen lights go on and off inside

Keller is suspected of killing his wife and teenage daughter before setting his house on fire in an attempt to cover it up. Authorities maintained a perimeter early Saturday around an elaborate, underground bunker where he might be hiding in the woods of Washington state.

SWAT teams had surrounded the bunker Friday, and almost four dozen officers were at the scene at Rattlesnake Ridge, south of North Bend, where Keller is thought to be holed up.

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