Kimmie Daily Update: Was Suspect Tyler Savage Inspired by Game?

By: Carlin DeGuerin Miller
Topics: Daily Blotter

Was Kimmie Daily's Alleged Killer, Tyler Wolfgang Savage, Inspired by a Video Game? Cops Believe So

Tyler Savage (AP Photo/The News Tribune)

PUYALLUP, Wash. (CBS/KIRO) Was the brutal rape and murder of Kimmie Daily inspired by the video game suspect Tyler Savage apparently played for hours a day?

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That's the question police are hoping to answer as they investigate the puzzling case of the seemingly normal teen whose "criminal history went from 0 to 100 miles an hour with one crime," according to Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist.

The body of developmentally-delayed 16-year-old Kimmie Daily body was found Monday in a vacant lot after being missing for about a week.

According to court documents, Savage told investigators that he lured Kimmie to a vacant lot the afternoon of Aug. 17 and that when Kimberly got up to leave, he grabbed her from behind around the neck and choked her until she was dead, according to CBS affiliate KIRO.

He then told them that he went to a neighbor's house to play the online video game "Dungeons and Dragons" to "cope" with what he had done and that he often turned to video games in order to "cope" with life, according to the documents. Investigators, according to local station KOMO, are investigating to see if there is a connection between the game and the brutal murder Savage is alleged to have committed.

Investigators were quick to say they aren't blaming the video game for the murder, merely looking for what could have triggered the level of violence that seemed to come out of nowhere, local station KOMO reported.

Savage's attorney says the video game theory is pure speculation and that there are other more tangible explanations for why someone might snap in the way that investigators allege the 18-year-old did.

"What if there's a chemical or organic imbalance or something physically wrong, identifiably medically wrong with his brain that caused this to happen?" defense attorney Jay Berneburg told KOMO.

Savage pleaded not guilty to aggravated first-degree murder and is being held without bail. The murder charge means he would be eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

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Kimberly "Kimmie" Daily Murdered

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by seanburleson87 September 17, 2010 3:56 AM EDT: well im his older brother my name is Sean Burleson we have different moms.
first off you cant blame video games becouse 95 % of all kids play them and if thats the case there all messed up in the head and second of all if you dont know him or all the facts how can you call him a monster?
also people need to stop just thinking that they are the law the courts are not you and i myself cant say if he did or didnt if he did then he needs to pay for it im sorry for kimmies family but get all the facts before everyone just goes nut and think use your heads well thats all i can say on the subject so if anyone has an issue with what i say then you can find me at thealmightytaco87@yahoo.com review all the facts first news and paper meke things like this about rating not the whole truth all the time; Reply to this comment


by berr233 September 1, 2010 8:41 PM EDT: OMG.

It is not the games fault but something in the boys brain that snapped.
Maybe its not even this boy that did anything wrong. The media spins truths to steer us away from the real person behind the crime. Why is this boy getting the attention? because he was the one walking with her.

Be more sensible. How would u feel if u were walking with a friend, then separated and someone ELSE grabbed your friend and killed them and u were the last one seen with them....

I dont know whats going on but im not jumping to conclusions that this kid is a monster yet.; Reply to this comment


by vattenutter August 30, 2010 6:18 PM EDT: You people are sick. You have no idea who he is, and yet your saying he probably did this to more? For all you ******* know he was framed and said he did it to cover for someone. Think before you open your ******* mouth.; Reply to this comment


by x0xBrookersx0x August 30, 2010 3:53 PM EDT: Poor girl :(; Reply to this comment


by Sydonia53 August 30, 2010 12:09 AM EDT: Well of course his defense attorney says that he may have a chemical or organic imbalance or something medically wrong, that's what he gets paid to do, come up with absurd excuses. He's a predator, he picked the weakest of the flock. With a little more investigating they will probably find that he has done other violent things that escalated up to this murder. His juvenile records are sealed, but I'm sure there are other victims that he tortured and made their lifes miserable, but allowed them to live. He is not insane, he understands the difference between right and wrong, He needs to man up and suffer the consequences for his actions. RIP Kimmie; Reply to this comment


by vattenutter August 28, 2010 2:18 AM EDT: Seriously? God you people are pathetic. Like you dont read or play a game or do anything distracting when stressed.; Reply to this comment


by VA_Jill August 27, 2010 4:40 PM EDT: That's a ridiculous "what if"! This boy is not right and was not right long before he played any games. Not right does not mean insane, however, and he is going to have to stand up and take his punishment like a big boy.; Reply to this comment


by hologram5 August 27, 2010 3:52 PM EDT: NO! A hundred times NO! Video games don't make you kill people. he was playing DDO and nowhere in this game do you rape and kill other characters. Man, get a grip CBS.; Reply to this comment