A Seattle sex offender who had previously been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole is now accused of the 1994 murder of 14-year-old Tanya Frazier. King County prosecutors charged Mark Anthony Russ, 57, with one count of murder in the first degree with a sexual motivation after Seattle police said they linked him to Frazier's murder through DNA. In 1996, Russ was given a life sentence under Washington's persistent offender law, also known as "3 strikes," after being convicted of several violent crimes in the 1980s and 1990s. His life sentence was vacated due to sentencing reforms passed by the state legislature in 2021, and he was released from custody.

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Reporter: Jeremy Harris

Produced on November 6, 2025