Fifteen agonizing years since the arrest of a man for the brutal murder of her son Seth Frankel, a father of two young girls, city of Kent employee and Auburn resident, Emily Frankel Markiewicz can finally experience the case coming to an end.

It appeared the conclusion had come in 2014 when a King County Superior Court jury convicted William L. Phillip Jr. of first-degree murder and a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Frankel, 41, on May 21, 2010 in his Auburn home in a rage of jealousy over a woman each man had loved.

But that June 27, 2014 day in court turned out to be only the start of what seemed to be an everlasting murder case of endless appeals and hearings.

“It’s cruel and unusual punishment for the victims,” Frankel Markiewicz said during an O

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