SEATTLE (AP) - 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.
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