Crime & Safety

Police Arrest Second Suspect In Triple Homicide

It comes a day after King County prosecutors charged Alberto Avila-Cardenas with three counts of first degree murder.

Just got this from the King County Sheriff's Office in the case of the t - including one from University Place - whose bodies were discovered in Kent.

It comes a day after prosecutors charged their main suspect, Alberto Avila-Cardenas, :

A second suspect was booked yesterday afternoon in the death of three men, whose bodies were found near Kent on March. 

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This suspect is a 25  year-old Kent.  He was booked into the King County Jail about 3:00 PM yesterday for investigation of three counts of murder and three counts of kidnapping.  The arrest was on probable cause and no charges have been filed.  He was arrested without incident in the Tukwila area.

Detectives from the Sheriff's Office and the Lakewood Police continue to investigate the case. 

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