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April 16th, 2008, 03:37 AM
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PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Investigators say a man who was making bombs in his house blew himself up inside early Tuesday morning, blasting the roof off of his home and causing the structure to burn to the ground.
Investigators believe the man who died in the blast is Zane Dittman, but they are waiting for the medical examiner to make a positive identification.
Pierce County Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said a couple called 911 after returning home Monday evening to find their 26-year-old roommate angry and handling explosives.
When deputies arrived at the house near the intersection of 160th Street and 70th Avenue East, the man ran upstairs with a duffle bag full of explosives and other bomb making materials. Troyer said the man began playing music loudly and deputies backed away from the house.
Deputies evacuated Remlick and his fiance out of the home and exited around midnight. Just moments later, the top floor of the house exploded.
Dittman is a convicted sex offender who answered an ad on the Craigslist Web site seeking a roommate for the house.
Dittman was the subject of a 2003 Amber Alert and was convicted of taking his then girlfriend's 10-year-old son from Spokane to Kirkland, where the boy was eventually found.
http://www.komotv.com/news/17736629.html
PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Investigators say a man who was making bombs in his house blew himself up inside early Tuesday morning, blasting the roof off of his home and causing the structure to burn to the ground.
Investigators believe the man who died in the blast is Zane Dittman, but they are waiting for the medical examiner to make a positive identification.
Pierce County Sheriff spokesman Ed Troyer said a couple called 911 after returning home Monday evening to find their 26-year-old roommate angry and handling explosives.
When deputies arrived at the house near the intersection of 160th Street and 70th Avenue East, the man ran upstairs with a duffle bag full of explosives and other bomb making materials. Troyer said the man began playing music loudly and deputies backed away from the house.
Deputies evacuated Remlick and his fiance out of the home and exited around midnight. Just moments later, the top floor of the house exploded.
Dittman is a convicted sex offender who answered an ad on the Craigslist Web site seeking a roommate for the house.
Dittman was the subject of a 2003 Amber Alert and was convicted of taking his then girlfriend's 10-year-old son from Spokane to Kirkland, where the boy was eventually found.
http://www.komotv.com/news/17736629.html