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The 32-year-old man charged in connection to the murder of an Indigenous woman whose remains were found near the Burke-Gilman Trail near the University of Washington campus in June pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Charles W. Becker pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and sexually violating human remains.
Becker's trial date was set for Dec. 8 and he is being held on $5 million bail in King County Jail.
On Oct. 4, Seattle police arrested Becker after they connected him to DNA evidence found at the scene. Becker was charged on Oct. 7.
Mavis Nelson's body was found in the Kincaid Ravine near Ravenna Avenue Northeast and Northeast 45th Street on June 20. Her death was ruled a homicide. A medical examiner said Nelson, 56, was stabbed to death.
Nelson was a mother of three and a member of the Yakama Tribe, according to her sister, Ernestine Morning Owl.
"He cheated us. He took us, took away from us, a very beautiful woman," said Morning Owl. "A strong, very hard-working, nice and I’ve said it before
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