2 charged in teen’s death; body found in snowbank

SEATTLE — Police were called to the parking lot of an apartment complex in North Seattle on Feb. 19, where they discovered the body of an Island County man buried in a snowbank, according to King County prosecutors.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Mikah Macarro and determined he died from a close-range gunshot wound to the head, The Seattle Times reported. His death was ruled a homicide.

A winter storm brought snow to the Seattle area the weekend before Macarro’s body was found.

Last week, Seattle police arrested two men in connection with Macarro’s death and a third turned himself in, according to police.

Prosecutors on Monday charged Griffin Blakely, 19, of Seattle, and Jorge Ruelas-Sanchez, 20, of Shoreline, with second-degree murder. Criminal charges have not been filed against the third suspect and the investigation into Macarro’s death is ongoing, a spokesperson for Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said.

Blakely and Ruelas-Sanchez remain jailed in lieu of $1 million each, while the third man, who is 19, is being held on $750,000 bail, jail records show.

Blakely and Ruelas-Sanchez are to be arraigned March 15. Court records do not yet indicate which attorneys are representing them.