An Olympia man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole over his killing of a mother and daughter in 2020.
Court documents show that Nicholas Joseph Denham, 33, was convicted for two counts of aggravated murder in the first degree while armed with a firearm for killing Charlene Van Auken, 34, and her daughter, Zoey Peetz, 4.
The victims were found murdered in the 5700 block of Puget Beach Road March 10, 2020. Denham was arrested two days later.
“This senseless act forever impacted the family and friends of these victims, our community and our first responders,” the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office stated in a press release after Denham’s conviction.
His sentences for his other crimes ranged from 364 days to 176 months.
Denham was convicted last month for two counts aggravated murder in the first degree, while armed with a firearm (), five counts unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, three counts burglary in the first degree while armed with a firearm, theft of a firearm and aiming or discharging a firearm or dangerous weapon.
Meanwhile, court data also showed that Denham’s criminal history includes six different crimes such as second-degree burglary, second-degree reckless burning, and first-degree criminal trespass.
The crimes were committed between 2002 and 2005, when Denham was a juvenile.
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