April 4, 2026

More than three decades after a Washington mother was found dead inside her home, investigators have made an arrest in a case that had long gone cold.

In November 1992, Janice Randle was found dead on her bed inside her Graham, Washington home, with her young daughter nearby in a crib. At the time, her husband, James Randle, told authorities she may have died from a drug overdose, citing a past history of painkiller use.

The couple had been separated and were going through a divorce. The case was initially treated as a death investigation and possible overdose. However, autopsy results later revealed there were no drugs in Randle’s system, prompting investigators to reclassify the case as a homicide.

 

In a stunning twist decades in the making, James Randle was finally arrested on April 1, 2026, for the 1992 murder of his wife Janice Randle, who was found dead in her Graham home with no drugs in her system despite initial claims of overdose. The ex-husband, who had blamed her death on painkillers amid their bitter divorce, now faces justice as Pierce County deputies cracked the cold case that haunted the community for over 30 years.

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