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Brandon Shane Zomalt

Death by Force
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In the late summer of 2014, the story of Brandon Shane Zomalt's death began to unfold with a strange discovery on the side of a road. Zomalt was a 30-year-old Black or African American male from Puyallup, Washington. On August 13, 2014, an off-duty federal agent noticed a fire in the woods along Peasley Canyon Road in Auburn. When the agent stopped to extinguish the flames, he found blood-soaked carpeting, towels, and flooring being burned. A man who had been standing near the fire fled in a dar ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Brandon Shane Zomalt

    Male

    Black / African American

    Pullyallup

    WA

    2014-08-13

    30

    Brandon

    Shane Zomalt

    11/09/2025

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