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Forty years have passed, and Kelley Tarp鈥檚 tears still flow.

She was just 13 years old when her father, Loran Dowell, and his coworker, Bob Pierre, were robbed, tied up in the walk-in cooler of SeaTac鈥檚 Barn Door Tavern, and then shot in the back of the head.

Today, Tarp relives the pain of that June night in 1980 because their killer 鈥� Timothy Pauley 鈥� is once again up for parole.

Tarp told The Dori Monson Show that Pauley, 63, will go before the state鈥檚 Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board on March 16, seeking release from the state鈥檚 Monroe Correctional Complex for the two shootings, and the hanging death of Pierre鈥檚 girlfriend, Linda Burford.

Tarp鈥檚 mother, Margaret, and cook Sherri Beckham both managed to survive the tragic events at the Barn Door Tavern after being stripped naked, tortured, tied with electrical cord, and left for dead in the tavern鈥檚 restroom by Pauley and his accomplice, Scott C. Smith.

It was a crime so savage, Dori recalls, that retired Congressman and former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert, a detective assigned to the case four decades ago, once told him it was 鈥渙ne of the most gruesome crimes he鈥檇 ever investigated.鈥�

At the time, Dori reminded listeners, King County prosecutors were unable to seek the death penalty against either Pauley or Smith because capital punishment had been ruled unconstitutional in Washington state. Both men were eventually convicted of three counts of first-degree murder.

Despite state Department of Corrections reports that he is a changed man, Pauley 鈥渢ruly scares us,鈥� Tarp told Dori.

鈥淗e is not rehabilitated and shows no remorse. … It鈥檚 a game to him. It鈥檚 appeal, after appeal, after appeal,” she said.

鈥淗aving to continue to relive the nightmare isn鈥檛 something our family or any other family should have to go through,鈥� she continued while choking back tears. 鈥淥ur system is broken.鈥�

Tarp blames the system because this is not the first time that she, her surviving mother, and her sister and brother 鈥� who were 9 and 4 at the time of the killings 鈥� have had to protest Pauley鈥檚 attempts at release.

In 2016, they rallied when Pauley sought release. He cited state legislation that allows inmates who committed felonies before 1984 to request parole. His appeal was denied 鈥� despite a letter in Pauley鈥檚 support written by the board鈥檚 now-retired chairperson, Lynn Delano.

Tarp told Dori鈥檚 listeners that she is frustrated by reports claiming Pauley 鈥渉as been doing very, very well鈥� while mentoring other offenders, expressing 鈥渆xtreme remorse鈥� and avoiding any other infractions while behind bars.

She calls her father鈥檚 killer 鈥渁 master of manipulation.”

“It鈥檚 ridiculous that we have to continue to plead with this board to see behind all the smoke and mirrors,” she added. “… We鈥檙e at the board鈥檚 mercy.鈥�

Tarp asked listeners who object to Pauley鈥檚 release to write to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board at P.O. Box 40907, Olympia, WA, 98504 — or email isrb@doc1.wa.gov.

Listen to Dori鈥檚 entire interview with Kelley Tarp, whose father was killed during a SeaTac robbery 40 years ago:

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