Port Angeles man charged with murder to have hearing Feb. 21
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, February 4, 2025
PORT ANGELES — Marquise Gregory Hagans-Moore, who is accused of killing a Port Angeles woman in September, appeared in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday for a status hearing.
Superior Court Judge Simon Barnhart set Hagans-Moore’s next court date for 9 a.m. Feb. 21 after conferring with deputy prosecuting attorney Steven Johnson and defense attorney William Payne.
Hagans-Moore, 26, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 19, 2024, to second-degree murder in the death of 51-year-old Rebecca Rule-Cowles. The charge came with with domestic violence and firearm enhancements.
He faces life imprisonment, plus five years, and a maximum fine of $50,000 or a combination of both.
A jury trial is scheduled to start May 5 and is anticipated to last two weeks.
On Sept. 29, 2024, Hagans-Moore turned himself in at the Pierce County Corrections facility in Tacoma, where he told authorities he had killed his roommate in Port Angeles. Rule-Cowles was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound by Port Angeles police officers when they conducted a welfare check on a house in the 300 block of East Whidby Avenue.
Hagans-Moore remains in Clallam County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
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