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Police are also asking the public to contact detectives with any 
information that may aid the investigation.

By Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporter
Seattle police returned Wednesday to the cluttered and filthy 
home of three elderly brothers who each have been charged with 
two counts of second-degree possession of depictions of minors 
engaged in sexual conduct.

Detectives, their clothes covered in dirt, did a final sweep 
through the brothers’ Meridian neighborhood home, which one 
officer described as filthy and flea-infested. Family members 
also had a vintage car towed from the property, and Seattle 
firefighters boarded up a back entrance to secure the home.

It wasn’t immediately clear what police were looking for during 
the search of the home the brothers have shared since 1962. 
Charging papers filed against the men said an earlier search 
turned up volumes of sexually explicit images and videos of 
young girls, along with girls’ clothing, shoes, toys and 
handwritten notes about girls being kidnapped, raped, tortured 
and killed.

The brothers — Charles Emery, 82; Edwin Emery, 78; and Thomas 
Emery, 80 — remain jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Meanwhile, authorities in Grays Harbor County on Wednesday said 
they were working to establish a possible link between the 
brothers and the 2009 disappearance of 10-year-old Lindsey Baum 
in McCleary. However, authorities concede there is no specific 
information to connect the two cases.

Wednesday’s search of the brothers’ Seattle home was likely 
related to information contained in the charging papers filed 
last week:

“At the time of filing, law enforcement is actively executing 
search warrants and interviewing witnesses to determine the 
extent of the defendants’ child exploitation crimes as well as 
evidence of homicide,” Senior Deputy Prosecutor Cecelia Gregson 
wrote.

Neighbors say they are disturbed by the arrests of the men and 
subsequent searches of the property.

“I’m just hoping that’s warped fantasy. It’s going to be 
devastating if we find out otherwise,” Judy Powell, who has 
lived in the neighborhood for 21 years, said Tuesday of the 
charges against her neighbors.

Seattle police have asked the public to come forward with any 
information that could aid the investigation by calling 206-684-
5259, or emailing wa.icac@seattle.gov.

Members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force 
(ICAC), which includes Seattle police detectives and agents with 
Homeland Security, searched the brothers’ home for more than 30 
hours starting Friday.

They reported finding sexual images of children throughout the 
residence along with dozens of pairs of girls’ penny loafers, 
panties and toys. They also found a single-serving vodka bottle 
and a note indicating the alcohol had been given to a child 
victim to facilitate her sexual abuse, according to the charges.

In the house’s crawl space, detectives also found a girl’s pink 
hat partially buried in the dirt, along with a handwritten note 
that had been burned but was similar to other notes in the house 
about sex abuse and homicide, charging papers say.

Police have also searched a Shelton property owned by the 
Emerys’ older brother, where Charles Emery had reportedly stored 
some of his possessions. Public records show that the older 
brother was 85 when he died in October.

According to Mason County property records, the deceased 
brother’s three-bedroom home sits on 14 acres along State Route 
3.

Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Dave Pimentel said his agency 
is in contact with investigators in Seattle and Mason County to 
see if there’s a possible link between the Emery brothers and 
the disappearance of Lindsey as she was walking home from a 
friend’s house.

There’s nothing specific to indicate a connection, but Grays 
Harbor County investigators are interested in the Seattle case 
because of the nature of the allegations against the brothers 
and the proximity of the Shelton property to where Lindsey 
vanished, Pimentel said, estimating the distance to be 20 to 25 
miles.

The girl’s disappearance has been linked to several possible 
persons of interest over the years, but there have been no 
arrests in the case.

The charges against the brothers also note that Charles Emery 
was a janitor at Seattle Children’s hospital from the 1970s 
through the 1990s.

A spokeswoman for the hospital confirmed Wednesday that Charles 
Emery was employed there as a janitor, but because of the 
passage of time officials are still working to determine his 
dates of employment.

“We are devastated to hear this news, and our hearts go out to 
the children and families involved,” Alyse Bernal wrote in an 
email. “At this time, we are not aware of any connection between 
his alleged crimes and Seattle Children’s. We are closely 
following the investigation, and we will continue to be in 
communication with the Seattle Police Department and King County 
Prosecutor.”

Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com.
Seattle Times news researcher Miyoko Wolf contributed to this 
story, which includes information from Seattle Times archives.

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