(NWCH):

MONROE, Wash. - A female officer was found dead in the chapel at the Monroe Correctional Complex on Saturday night.

Officer Jayme Biendl, 34, of Granite Falls, was an eight-year veteran at Monroe and was the 2008 officer of the year.

It's believed that she was strangled by Byron Scherf, a three strikes inmate serving a life sentence for rape and assault.

What kind of night was this? A night when all the cows were black.