He told them he’d planned to pick up their children and take them to school, but his car stalled so he asked Chanin Starbuck to take them, then walked home and went back to bed. The Starbucks have five children between the ages of 10 and 21, but Clay Starbuck told police he is not the biological father of one and that Chanin frequently slept with other men.ĭetectives say Starbuck didn’t appear to be genuinely upset when they told him of ex-wife’s death. DNA evidence on Chanin’s body also eliminated them as suspects. 5.Įmployment time cards and other records were used to corroborate the men’s stories and eliminate them as suspects. The man said he thought it was odd she contacted him because they already agreed to meet on Dec. He told her he couldn’t, and she responded with a strange message asking him if he was on his way. He told detectives “he should have known something was amiss,” documents say.Īnother man told police he received a text message from Chanin about 12:10 p.m. He went to her home later that night and again received no answer but noticed the heat was running as if someone was home. The man told police he didn’t believe the message was actually sent by Chanin because “she was not her kind, jovial and pleasant self as usual,” according to court documents. He repeatedly tried to contact her before receiving a message from her phone that said “Did you come over?” He went to the home at that time but received no answer. One of those men told detectives he’d arranged to meet Chanin at her house for a “rendezvous” that morning at 10:30 a.m., according to court documents. Starbuck then used his ex-wife’s phone to text message two men she’d met through online dating websites, posing as her. the same time 911 received a call from her cell phone. They believe he attacked her at 9:17 a.m. 1 and asked Chanin to drive their children to school so he could break into her home and hide. Detectives confirmed both sons were eiher working or in school when their mother was killed.ĭetectives believe Starbuck pretended that his car was broken down Dec. The state crime lab recently released results that showed either Clay Starbuck’s DNA or the DNA of one of his two sons was found in swabs from Chanin’s fingernails, neck and face. Detectives obtained DNA samples from him, his sons and from a man she’d visited in the days before her death. Starbuck, who detectives say emphasized his ex-wife’s sexual activities in interviews with them, was always a person of interest in her murder, documents show.
Police also found sex toys in the room that appeared to be placed there “like they were on display,” according to the search warrant.
A journal describing her difficulties with her ex-husband was on a dresser next to the bed. The Starbucks divorced in July but were involved in legal battles over money and contempt of court claims when Chanin’s body was found Dec. Aggravated murder carries a penalty of life in prison or death, but prosecutors had not yet formally filed charges as of late Tuesday.
Spokane County sheriff’s officials say the children are staying with a close family friend. He’s prohibited from contacting his children, who are witnesses in the case. He remains in jail on $1 million bond after appearing in Spokane County Superior Court this afternoon on charges of aggravated first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. Starbuck, a former oil worker in Alaska with no criminal history, was arrested Monday morning during a traffic stop in Deer Park. Investigators seized dozens of items, including cameras, documents, computers and a cell phone. A Deer Park mother of five found strangled to death in her home was positioned in a way to humiliate her and make detectives believe she had been sexually assaulted, according to information released Tuesday.Ĭlay Duane Starbuck, 47, is accused of murdering his ex-wife, Chanin Denice Starbuck, 42, after luring her from her home with their children, then breaking in and hiding until she returned, detectives wrote in a warrant that was used to search the suspect’s home at 1625 E.
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