10/12/2020
๐จ ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ ๐ง ๐ - ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณโ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
PRESS RELEASE - MURDER - SUSPECT at LARGE
On Sunday morning, October 11, 2020, at approximately 9:00AM, deputies from the Whatcom County Sheriffโs Office were called to the 4000 block of Mosquito Lake Road for a death investigation. A passerby had found a deceased male lying on the ground outside of a running vehicle at a gravel pullout alongside the roadway. Deputies arrived on scene and discovered that the male was deceased and had multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
Over the course of the day detectives and crime scene investigators processed the scene and followed up leads on the homicide. The victim has been identified as 41 year old Clinton E. Gulick of Bellingham, Washington. The investigation led to an associate of Mr. Gulickโs who was identified as 36 year old Roseanne L. Paden, also from Bellingham. At approximately 8:00 PM, Ms. Paden was arrested for Murder 1st and booked into the Whatcom County Jail.
At this time the Whatcom County Sheriffโs Office is seeking an additional suspect in the homicide of Mr. Gulick. The second suspect is identified as 34 year old Zachary S. Ranahan of Bellingham, Washington. He is a Caucasian male, 5โ06โ tall and 170 pounds. He is considered armed and dangerous and may be attempting to flee the area. If the public has information on Mr. Ranahanโs whereabouts, they are asked to call 9-1-1 or the Whatcom County Sheriffโs Office Major Crimes tip line at 360-778-6663.
At this time the Sheriffโs Office is not releasing any further details on the investigation as it is still an active case. Further information will be released at a later date.
Zachary Scott Ranahan
Height: 5โ6โ Weight: 165
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Bald Age: 34
SUSPECT is BELIEVED to be ARMED and DANGEROUS
