PIERCE COUNTY, WA. (THECOUNT) — A GoFundMe with over $21,000 in contributions for Gabriel Davies, the Washington state teen accused of murdering a 51-year-old Orting man, has been shut down by the fundraising company.
The GoFundMe was set up Saturday to raise money for the 16-year-old’s legal defense, however, it showed “not found” on Sunday. According to GoFundMe, the service does not allow anyone to raise money for someone suspected of a violent crime.
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Davies mysteriously disappeared Wednesday night from Olympia, Washington. During the search for the teen, blood was found inside his abandoned truck. As the search continued, officials found the body of a 51-year-old man, whom Davies once lived with.
The victim, who was reportedly the ex-fiancé of the mother, had been fatally shot inside his Pierce County Chinook Estates home on the 21900 block 190th Street East in Orting.
Davies re-appeared Thursday night where he and other teenage boy were arrested and booked into the Pierce County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree murder.
GoFundMe said the page violated its terms of All donations to Davies’ defense will be refunded.
Davies and his alleged accomplice are expected to be in court Tuesday.
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Geo quick facts: Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, and the 60th-most populous in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Tacoma – Wikipedia.