The Herald reported Judge Jehiel Baer sentenced Michael Knapinski to 240 months.

240 months is the term The Herald says Judge Jehiel Baer imposed on Wednesday afternoon. The same page says both sides recommended just over 19 years and that the term is eight and a half months longer. KING 5 reported 20 years and did not print the judge, the months, or the recommendation. Second-degree murder with a firearm, and second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement, are not the same charge phrase. A grocery store, on the Nov. 4 Herald story, and a Safeway, on KING 5 and on the Herald's Oct. 26 story, are not the same store name.

The Herald, by Jenna Millikan and Ian Davis-Leonard, with a visible line that read "Published 1:30 am Wednesday, November 4, 2026" and did not print an update clock, reported a Woodinville man will spend two decades behind bars after he admitted to killing a man during an attempted drug robbery in Bothell. The dateline is Everett. It reported Michael Knapinski, 51, was sentenced to 20 years in prison during a hearing in Snohomish County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon. A publication line of 1:30 a.m., and a hearing on Wednesday afternoon, are both on that page. It reported he pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder with a firearm for shooting and killing Jason Martinell, 42, of Granite Falls, in October 2024. Admitted to killing, in the lede, and pleaded guilty, in the next account, are not the same verb. Two decades, and 20 years, are both on that page. It reported that before Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Jehiel Baer announced the sentence, multiple members of the victim's family shared tearful statements, and that Baer ultimately sentenced Knapinski to a total of 240 months with 36 months of community custody upon release. 240 months is 20 years. The page also says the sentence is eight and a half months longer than the joint recommendation. It reported that in the plea agreement both sides agreed to recommend a sentence totalling just over 19 years. Totalling is the spelling. Just over 19 years, eight and a half months longer, and 240 months are all on that page. KING 5, by Brady Wakayama, published 7:04 p.m. PST November 4, 2026, and updated at the same time, reported Knapinski was sentenced to 20 years on Wednesday for shooting and killing Jason Martinell in Bothell, and that he pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. A firearm enhancement, and with a firearm, are not the same charge phrase. KING 5 does not print Woodinville, Granite Falls, age 42, October 2024, Judge Baer, 240 months, 36 months of community custody, eight and a half months, or a joint recommendation. The Herald's caption says law enforcement places handcuffs on Knapinski before leading him out of the courtroom of Snohomish County Courthouse after he was sentenced to 20 years on Nov. 4, 2026, in Everett, Washington, and it credits Jenna Millikan / The Herald. Courthouse, in the caption, and Superior Court, in the story, are not the same name. The story's body does not describe the handcuffs.

The killing account is not one address. The Herald's Nov. 4 story reported prosecutors accused Knapinski of shooting Martinell after a plan to rob him of an estimated $1,900 worth of drugs went awry, according to court documents. It reported Martinell was found face down in a grocery store parking lot off the Bothell Everett Highway on the night of Oct. 25, 2024, and died at the scene. It reported investigators found a single, small gunshot wound in the back of his head. It reported text messages and witness accounts linked Knapinski to the scene, and that he had allegedly arranged to meet "the Martinell," who said he was planning to go clean, to buy methamphetamine and fentanyl. The Martinell, with the article "the," is the wording on that page. It reported he was arrested days later and charged with second-degree murder, and that prosecutors eventually upgraded the charges to first-degree murder after an investigation revealed he had been plotting to rob Martinell in the days before the shooting. It reported that before trial he reached a deal to plead guilty to a single, reduced charge of second-degree murder with a firearm. It reported the conviction would typically carry a sentencing range of 10 to 18 years with an additional five-year enhancement because the crime was committed with a firearm. A five-year enhancement, in that range sentence, and the charge name "with a firearm," are not the same line. KING 5 reported detectives said he arranged a fake drug deal with Martinell, intending to take his drugs without paying. A fake drug deal, and an attempted drug robbery, and a plan to rob him of an estimated $1,900 worth of drugs, are not the same phrase. KING 5 does not print $1,900, methamphetamine, fentanyl, the Bothell Everett Highway, Oct. 25, a grocery store, or a wound in the back of the head. It reported Martinell's mother, Patricia Martinell, told the court she could not escape the image of her son lying face down in a Safeway parking lot. Safeway, on KING 5, and a grocery store, on the Nov. 4 Herald story, are not the same store name.

The Herald's Oct. 26 story is the plea, not the sentence. Ian Davis-Leonard, published 1:30 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2026, reported Knapinski pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder with a firearm. Thursday, on a story dated Monday, October 26, is October 22. The page does not print October 22. It reported the plea was nearly two years after Martinell's death. It reported deputies began investigating the night of Oct. 25, 2024, when his body was found face down in a Safeway parking lot at Thrasher's Corner off the Bothell Everett Highway. Safeway at Thrasher's Corner, on that page, and a grocery store parking lot off the Bothell Everett Highway, on the Nov. 4 story, are not the same address line. Thrasher's Corner is not on the Nov. 4 story. It reported a witness told detectives Knapinski picked Martinell up in a black SUV, and that a short time after they parked, the passenger door begin to open before Martinell exited and Knapinski drove off. Begin, as printed, is the verb. A black SUV, and the door, are that story. The Nov. 4 story does not print them. It reported investigators initially saw no signs of obvious injury until the medical examiner found a small wound on the back of the head later determined to be a gunshot wound. No obvious injury until the medical examiner, and investigators found a single small gunshot wound prompting a homicide investigation, are not the same sequence. It reported that in dash-camera video from another witness a single gunshot could be heard before a person appears to fall from the vehicle. The Nov. 4 story does not print a dash camera. It reported that two days later Knapinski confessed to a mutual friend, saying "I shot him… I did it," before apologizing, and that he was arrested that same day and has remained booked into the Snohomish County Jail. Two days later, and days later, on the Nov. 4 story, are not the same span. The confession quotation and the jail are the Oct. 26 story. The Nov. 4 story does not print them. It reported prosecutors first filed second-degree murder with a firearm, then upgraded the allegations to first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in January. January, and the unlawful-possession count, are that story. The Nov. 4 upgrade sentence prints first-degree murder and does not print January or the possession count. It reported a standard range of 10 to 18 years plus the five-year firearm enhancement, and that as part of a plea agreement prosecutors have recommended a sentence totalling just over 19 years. Prosecutors have recommended, on Oct. 26, and both sides agreed to recommend, on Nov. 4, are not the same description of the agreement. It reported he was expected to be sentenced on Nov. 4. Expected, on Oct. 26, and sentenced, on Nov. 4, are not the same day.

What he said, and what his judge said, are not what KING 5 printed. The Herald's Nov. 4 story quoted Knapinski, before he was sentenced: "I lay in bed every night, thinking about the harm I caused by taking a son from his parents," and "A fiancé from her fiancé and a father from his children." KING 5 reported he said, "I felt the pain and the hurt … and a shame like no other," and "I want the victim's family to know that I feel remorse and I still cry daily thinking about the damage I caused." Those are not the same sentences. KING 5 reported he became emotional as he listened. The Herald does not print that. The Herald quoted Patricia Martinell: "Jason was denied a second chance to be the son, husband, father, and son-in-law he wanted to be," and "His smile and laugh were contagious. Jason loved entertaining at his home. He was a great cook," and "Jason has promised to always take care of me. Now that he is gone, I am terrified of what the future may bring." KING 5 quoted her: "No parent should lose their child like this. It's unnatural," and "Not sure when, or if, I will ever lose the image of Jason, my only child, lying face down in the Safeway parking lot," and "Discarded like trash," and "Jason did not deserve to be murdered." Only child, husband, son-in-law, a great cook, and discarded like trash are not on both pages. KING 5 reported she said her son was days away from entering treatment and planned to stop selling drugs. Days away from treatment, and planning to go clean, on the Herald's charging narrative, are not the same sentence and are not the same speaker. KING 5 reported the family declined to speak with KING 5 after the sentencing. The Herald reported multiple family members shared tearful statements in court and does not print a declination to the press. The Herald quoted Baer: "This deviation from the party's recommendation won't be enough to bring the victim's family back." It then quoted him, with the defendant's name in square brackets on the page: "It's clear that [Knapinski] has had numerous struggles throughout his life. Throughout the struggles, he's also gone out of his way to help people in his life. The times when he went out of his way to help people, and the mental health and addiction that he suffered throughout his life, do not excuse the conduct of this case." KING 5 does not print the judge. The Oct. 26 Herald story reported that in November 2020 Knapinski got lost hiking in whiteout conditions at Mount Rainier National Park, that his heart reportedly stopped for 45 minutes, and that once revived he told local media the experience motivated him to a calling of serving others. It reported that four years later he was arrested. KING 5 reported that six years earlier he survived after getting lost on Mount Rainier, that his heart stopped, that medical teams at Harborview Medical Center saved his life, and that he pledged to spend his life helping others. Four years later, and six years earlier, are not the same span. Forty-five minutes, whiteout, and November 2020 are the Oct. 26 story. Harborview is KING 5. The Nov. 4 Herald story does not print Mount Rainier. A guilty plea last month is the conviction those pages describe. The 240 months are the term the Nov. 4 story says the judge imposed. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.