SEATTLE, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A woman and a man accused of killing six members of a family on Christmas Eve have pleaded not guilty in Seattle.
Michele Kristen Anderson and Joseph McEnroe pleaded not guilty Thursday in King County Superior Court to killing six members of Anderson's family, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.
Police accuse the pair of arming themselves with handguns and traveling to the home of Anderson's parents, Wayne Anderson, 60, and Judith, 61, who were killed by gunshot wounds to the head. McEnroe and Anderson then allegedly killed Anderson's brother, Scott, his wife Erica, and the couple's two children, Olivia, 5, and Nathan, 3, when they arrived at the home.
Court documents state that Michele Anderson told police she was tired "of everybody stepping on her" and she decided to kill them unless they started showing her respect by Dec. 24. She also told police she was angry that her parents wanted her to pay rent for the trailer she shared with McEnroe on the wooded Carnation property owned by the family.
