WA: Evan Savoie testifies

In Grant County today:

Ephrata murder trial defendant says victim fell from tree

A teenager accused of murdering a playmate more than three years ago stuck to his story Wednesday when he took the stand in his own defense, saying he left the victim injured on the ground after a fall from a tree and never attacked him.

Evan Savoie, now 15 but just 12 years old at the time of the killing, is among the youngest murder defendants in the state ever to be tried as an adult...

The defense claims someone else must have killed Sorger.

But see:

Teen watched as best friend was murdered - A 15-year-old boy testified Tuesday he saw his friend Craig Sorger murdered by two boys at Oasis Park on Feb. 15, 2003.