EVERETT — Murder charges have been filed against a man accused of fatally beating a woman outside the Tulalip Resort Casino.
Prosecutors have charged Nomeneta Tauave of Spanaway with domestic violence murder in the death of 35-year-old Hana Letoi of Tacoma, The Herald reported.
His bail remains at $1 million, according to a court order filed last week. Charges say the couple got into a screaming fight in the casino Oct. 23 and once they got into a vehicle in the parking lot a security officer saw Tauave grab the woman and shake her before she fell out the door.
The charges say she lost consciousness and died at a local hospital on Oct. 25.
Snohomish County Medical Examiner Dr. J. Matthew Lacy determined the cause of death was a lack of oxygen and blood flow to the brain “due to resuscitated cardiac dysrhythmia due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease in the setting of acute emotional stress following a physical altercation.”