Briefs: Mar. 1, 2018

VICTIM SAID HYPNOTIZED

The Pullman Police investigation report on the arrest of Dr. Dean Funabiki, who was found dead in his Whitman County jail cell Feb. 17, said the alleged victim in the case which led to his arrest was in a hypnotized state at the time she was raped. The hypnotized state was induced as part of the treatment for the victim, the report said.

Filing of the lengthy arrest report was delayed after the court ordered the original draft held until the identity of the victim had been redacted.

Dr. Funabiki, 68, a longtime Pullman psychologist, was arrested Feb. 16 in Pullman on a p...