Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier accused of murder had history of drugs and violence

Soldier accused of murdering Kirkland woman has history of violence, drugs
By MATT PHELPS
Kirkland Reporter Staff Writer
FEBRUARY 9, 2012

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Kirkland resident Scarlett Paxton, age 19, was murdered on Nov. 30 outside her apartment.

The soldier accused of killing a 19-year-old Kirkland woman in Juanita on Nov. 30 has a record of going Absent Without Leave, assaulting a noncommissioned officer and a history of drug use.

He is being held at the base and faces court-martial charges, according to military charging documents obtained by the Reporter.

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Pvt. Dakota Wolf was charged in December with the first-degree murder of Kirkland resident Scarlett Paxton. Wolf is accused of stabbing Paxton to death with a large chef’s knife at her apartment behind the Juanita Albertsons.

Wolf, who was in the second year of a six-year term with the Army, is facing five separate charges from the military in the court martial.

Wolf had a history of disobeying orders, but the biggest issue is an assault charge that he faces. Wolf struck a noncommissioned officer of the United States Army in the right eye with an open hand on Nov. 17, 2011, according to charging documents. The incident took place just 13 days before the murder.

Wolf then went AWOL from Nov. 18-30. During his absence from the military, he stayed in Kirkland at a friend’s house after a falling out with his mother on Nov. 28, according to Kirkland police records.
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