Andrew Baim has been found guilty of murdering Ravensdale resident Nick Valison.

The guilty verdict came Sept. 5, a day after attorneys gave their final statements.

The courtroom at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent was filled with friends and family, many of them wearing green — Valison’s favorite color. Quiet sobs could be heard as the verdict was read aloud; a clear tension was lifted from the room.

“We made it,” Tanie Valison said, thanking everyone involved from the start of her husband’s murder to this point: King County Sheriff’s Office and its detectives, the prosecuting office, her victim advocate, and her community “for their compassion and diligence while supporting our family as we navigate through the judicial process while traveling this daunting world of homicide

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