But prosecutors say that’s “immaterial,” and charged Henry Washington with aggravated murder Friday.
Judges will focus on bail hearings under emergency COVID-19 rules.
William Talbott of SeaTac was arraigned Tuesday in Snohomish County Superior Court.
The suspect’s former friends have filled in some of the missing pieces for police.
Genetic material was used to find and arrest a suspect in the 30-year-old killings.
Tony Reed testified that he helped defendant John Reed hide the bodies of a slain Oso couple.
DNA and ancestry research led investigators to a 55-year-old SeaTac man.