Homicide investigation underway after woman found dead at South Lake Union apartment

SEATTLE — Police are investigating after a lady was discovered lifeless at an condo in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Monday night.

Seattle Police stated they acquired a name simply earlier than 5:30 p.m.

“It’s all people’s loss; it’s an ideal particular person. We misplaced an ideal particular person,” Jamie, a neighbor who knew the sufferer, stated. “Individuals right here cherished this woman and care about her, you realize? I imply, it’s simply unhappy. She’s a gorgeous particular person.”

Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz stated they’ve a person in custody, and it seems the 2 knew one another.

“Proper now, it seems that they did know one another, however we simply don’t know the extent of how they knew one another,” Diaz stated.

Whereas a reason behind dying has not formally been launched, Diaz stated it was clear she was not shot.

“It seems to be extra of a blunt power trauma, however we’re nonetheless working by means of that a part of the investigation,” Diaz stated.

It was town’s first murder of 2023.

Diaz stated officers had been dispatched to the Canaday Home for a variety of causes earlier than. The constructing supplies low-income housing and social companies to the folks dwelling there.

“(We’re) out right here ensuring that we’re doing all the things we will on these kinds of instances, glad that officers have been in a position to take anyone into custody and hopefully, we’ll have closure to this case,” Diaz stated.

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