Man jailed after police find woman bludgeoned to death in Shoreline

SHORELINE — A 40-year-old Shoreline man who called 911 on Sunday to report he had killed a woman inside his apartment was arrested after police confirmed her violent death, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.

On Monday, a judge ordered the man held on investigation of homicide and set bail at $5 million, said Casey McNerthney, a spokesperson for Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. The judge said high bail amount was justified because of the extreme violence and cruelty inflicted on the victim and because the killing was intentionally planned, he said.

The Seattle Times did not name the man because he had not yet been criminally charged.

The man called 911 at 7:21 a.m. Sunday and met officers in the parking lot of the Linden Highlands apartments, according to the probable-cause statement outlining the sheriff’s case against the man. Officers saw blood on him and located the woman’s body in the man’s apartment.

The woman appeared to have suffered a severe head injury and detectives found an ax and large bolt cutter in the apartment, both covered in blood, the statement says.

Capt. Tim Meyer, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the victim was 32 years old but he did not know what her relationship was to the suspect.