SEATTLE — A judge has found probable cause to hold a 38-year-old man on investigation of murder in connection with the Saturday strangling of a man during a fight in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood.
The Seattle Times reports the suspect was arrested at a nearby park a couple of hours after the killing and ordered held in the King County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail, jail records show.
Prosecutors expect to file charges Wednesday.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office says 52-year-old Derrick Frost died from asphyxia due to strangulation and ruled his death a homicide.
A statement of probable cause says just after 6 p.m. Saturday, Seattle police responded to a report of a fight and found Frost unconscious on the ground. Officers performed CPR until medics arrived, but Frost was declared dead at the scene.
