article_snippet.sent: After Elmore went missing, Elmore pretended Elmore was grieving and helped organize a search party to find Elmore.
article_snippet.sent: Elmore is the second-longest serving inmate on the state's death row after being sent there in 1996 .
article_snippet.sent: Elmore eventually admitted killing Elmore in a graphic taped confession.
article_snippet.sent: Elmore committed a truly monstrous crime. '
article_snippet.sent: The three-member panel's ruling against the 63-year-old convict does not mean Elmore will now be executed as Governor Jay Inslee has declared a moratorium on the death penalty.
article_snippet.sent: Elmore is the second-longest serving inmate on the state’s death row - Elmore arrived there in 1996 - although Elmore is now effectively serving a life sentence due to a moratorium on the death penalty.
highlights_snippet.sent: Elmore has been on death row since 1996 but executions are suspended .