Woman Pleads Guilty In Hockinson Homicide

A woman involved in the beating and fatal shooting of a man whose body was found in a shed at her Hockinson-area residence pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, as part of a cooperation agreement. Traci Lynn Mendez has agreed to testify against her four co-defendants: Neil Allen Alway, 40, Ashley Lorraine Barry, 32, John Michael West, 44, and Ashley L.

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