The younger of two defendants in Sammamish’s first recorded murder case was extradited from British Columbia, Canada, to face arraignment. The arraignment at the King County Courthouse took place Thursday after press time.

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reported Tuesday that Christopher Shade, 18, had been returned to King County the prior week. Co-defendant Kevin David Patterson, a 21-year-old dual Canadian-American citizen, remains in custody in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

The two men face charges of first-degree murder, first-degree theft and theft of a motor vehicle. They are accused of bludgeoning 57-year-old Sammamish resident Richard Bergesen to death in mid-September, before stealing his credit cards and vehicle to flee to Canada.

Patterson and Shade were taken into Canadian custody for charges of possessing stolen property.

Patterson had been living in Bergesen’s home under an Overlake Christian Church outreach program to help the homeless. Shade was not living with Bergesen, but was an acquaintance of Patterson’s.

Patterson told investigators Bergesen had made unwanted sexual advances, according to charging documents.

Text messages between Bergesen and Patterson’s sister showed Bergesen was concerned about Patterson’s enrollment in college and whether he was making restitution payments for a prior criminal incident in which he had broken into a King County Library branch in Redmond.

The murder case was the first for Sammamish since the city incorporated 15 years ago, in 1999.