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Who is murder suspect John Lee?

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John Lee in 2004 when he graduated from Moscow High School as Kane Grzebielski and in 2015 after being arrested in Whitman County following a 24 mile pursuit with police. John Lee in 2004 when he graduated from Moscow High School as Kane Grzebielski and in 2015 after being arrested in Whitman County following a 24 mile pursuit with police.
John Lee as a baby. He was adopted and given the name Kane Grzebielski John Lee as a baby. He was adopted and given the name Kane Grzebielski
MOSCOW, Idaho -

UPDATE 7/16/15: The pre-trial for accused Moscow shooter John Lee began Thursday afternoon, 7/16/15.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: As triple homicide suspect John Lee made his first court appearance in Whitman County Monday afternoon for eluding charges, KHQ was learning more and more about the man accused of killing three people, and critically injuring another.

Two days after the shooting, police are still searching for a motive in the killing spree. Police told KHQ's Gabe Cohen, Lee graduated from Moscow High School under his adopted name, Kane Grzebielski (which he later changed to John Lee), in 2004 and was estranged from his parents. He moved to Omaha after high school, but moved back to Moscow and in with his parents in 2013.

One of the victims in the shooting spree was Lee's mother Terri Grzebielski. A neighbor of Grzebielski told KHQ Terri was proud of her sons. 76-year-old David Trail, 47-year-old Belinda Niebuhr, and Grzebielski were the three people killed in the shootings. The fourth person, Michael Chin, was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. As of Monday morning, KHQ's Victor Correa confirmed Chin in no longer in the ICU.

Bond on the eluding charge in Washington was set at $500,000 on Monday by a Whitman County judge. Lee will face an arraignment and extradition hearing on Friday, and we are expecting to find out when Lee will be sent back to Idaho to face three counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Attempted First Degree Murder in Latah County.

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