Man charged in death of girlfriend surrenders, is jailed

Associated Press

seattle

A man charged with killing his live-in girlfriend and posting photos of her lifeless body online was returned to Washington state on Thursday after he surrendered to an officer in Oregon and waived extradition.

David Kalac, 33, arrived at the county jail in Port Orchard, west of Seattle, late Thursday afternoon, Kitsap County sheriff’s Deputy Scott Wilson said.

Kalac was arrested Wednesday night nearly 200 miles from the crime scene after a daylong manhunt. He was held overnight in Portland, Ore., on a second-degree murder charge.

Authorities allege Kalac killed Amber Lynn Coplin, 30, earlier this week after an argument in their Port Orchard apartment.

He then posted graphic photographs of her body and commented about the killing online, Wilson said. The images appeared on 4chan, an online bulletin board where hundreds of private pictures of nude celebrities appeared earlier this year.

Kalac wrote about strangling the woman and his plan to be fatally shot by police. He posted the comments and photos anonymously, but authorities confirmed they were from him, Wilson said.

The Kitsap County coroner’s office said Thursday the cause of death was strangulation and blunt-force trauma to the head.