In the town of Bow, Lane Davis was largely an anonymous nobody who lived off his parents. Charles Davis’ death, however, struck home for many people who were close to him.
Angie Mashaw, Lane Davis’s aunt observed to the Skagit Valley Herald that her sister, Catherine Davis, essentially lost both her husband and son in one horrible act. Both the family and the larger community who knew her brother-in-law, Mashaw said, were devastated.
"This island is in mourning," Mashaw said. "Our family loved him dearly. He was the brother I never had," she said.
However, in the larger virtual universe of the Internet, and particularly in the corridors of the alt-right, Lane Davis was a big somebody: “Seattle4Truth,” a somewhat popular contributor to the many conspiracy theories that fuel the movement’s far-right belief systems. He was best known for his many YouTube videos, all of which were dedicated to promoting a wide range of theories
