Police arrested a person after he positioned an apparently lifeless physique, wrapped in a blanket, into the again of an SUV Sunday night time in West Seattle. After SPD’s SWAT Group served a warrant at his residence – inflicting an prolonged closure of a significant arterial – the doable sufferer was discovered alive at Harborview Medical Heart.
At 4:42 p.m., a resident within the 4000 block of thirty fifth Avenue Southwest reported his neighbor had positioned a girl’s physique – wrapped in a blanket or rug – into the again of an SUV and drove away. The caller noticed this on footage from his house surveillance system and shared the video with police. After officers watched the video and recognized the neighbor, they discovered he had a felony theft warrant.
A short while later, the caller reported the SUV from the video was again on the residence.
Murder Detectives have been briefed on the circumstances, and so they wrote a warrant to enter the house. SWAT officers served the warrant and arrested the 35-year-old suspect.
Detectives spoke with the person, who stated the girl he had carried out of the house had been overdosing on narcotics, so he took her to Harborview Medical Heart. Police went to HMC and verified the girl was alive and receiving remedy.
After verifying the suspect’s account of the circumstances, officers booked the person into King County Jail solely for his theft warrant.
