Found Deceased WA - Leticia Martinez-Cosman, 58, last seen with man at Mariners game, T-Mobile Park, 31 Mar 2023 *arrest*

[imstilla.grandma]

Leticia Martinez-Cosman
SEATTLE - Seattle police are asking the public's help in finding a missing 58-year-old woman who was last seen at Friday night's Mariners game.

Detectives said Leticia Martinez-Cosman hasn't contacted her family since and she was last seen with a man at T-Mobile Park on March 31.

Police have interviewed him.

Martinez-Cosma is described as having green eyes and brown hair, is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds.

Anyone who sees her or has any information about this case is asked to call the Seattle Police Department's Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.

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Search still on for missing woman last seen at Mariners game; man arrested for investigation of murder

Seattle police say they arrested a man for investigation of murder and kidnapping in the case of a woman last seen at a Mariners game on March 31. But the search is still on for Leticia Martinez-Cosman.

www.q13fox.com

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

POLICE are searching for a 58-year-old female who has gone missing after attending a Major League Baseball game.

Seattle Police detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating Leticia Martinez-Cosman.

The woman, 58, was reportedly last seen on March 31st at the T-Mobile Park during a Seattle Mariners game.

Leticia was pictured attending the game with a friend who has been identified and interviewed by police.

Police have asked people to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000 if they have any information about this case, or the whereabouts of Martinez-Cosman.

Cops search for Leticia Martinez after vanishing at Seattle Mariners game

POLICE are searching for a 58-year-old female who has gone missing after attending a Major League Baseball game. Seattle Police detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating Leticia Marti…

www.the-sun.com

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 6, 2023

Police: Suspect in disappearance of Seattle woman may have attacked her son days after she vanished

Leticia Martinez-Cosman is 58 years old, 135 pounds, about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with green eyes and brown hair.

www.kiro7.com

[...]

Before Seattle police confirmed the missing woman’s name, her loved ones were not talking, saying they didn’t want to jeopardize the case. But they have posted on social media, asking for help locating the missing woman.

Martinez-Cosman was last seen at the Mariners game on Friday while on a date. In a blotter post late Wednesday, Seattle police said detectives had identified and interviewed the man from Martinez-Cosman’s date, who was seen in a photo taken with the woman at a game.

[...]

 

[SeattleStew]

WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Prowler steals items after burglary attempt

That security video is from a reader who says this happened early today on Genesee Hill: Near the 54th and Genesee neighborhood. On 03/28/2023, at approximately midnight, unknown W/M entered the back yard and then hastily exited upon seeing security cameras. Unknown suspect returned at 0058...

westseattleblog.com

Very similar looking man to the one Leticia was last seen with was captured on security camera on March 28.

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Prowler steals items after burglary attempt

That security video is from a reader who says this happened early today on Genesee Hill: Near the 54th and Genesee neighborhood. On 03/28/2023, at approximately midnight, unknown W/M entered the back yard and then hastily exited upon seeing security cameras. Unknown suspect returned at 0058...

westseattleblog.com

Very similar looking man to the one Leticia was last seen with was captured on security camera on March 28.

JMO but I think they're the same man.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Multiple readers have mentioned social-media posts about this missing local woman, and we heard tonight directly from a family member who confirmed she was still being sought. But the family member told us earlier this evening that they were waiting for police clearance to say more. Now, that’s just happened:

MISSING: Have you seen Leticia Martinez-Cosman?

11:20 PM: Multiple readers have mentioned social-media posts about this missing local woman, and we heard tonight directly from a family member who confirmed she was still being sought. But the family member told us earlier this evening that they were waiting for police clearance to say more...

westseattleblog.com

The Mariners provided KIRO 7 with a statement following Martinez-Cosman’s disappearance.

“We are aware of the situation and take it very seriously. We have been in contact with law enforcement and have offered any assistance we can provide.”

Missing Washington Woman Vanishes After Date to Mariners Baseball Game: Police

The Seattle Police Department and the King County Sheriff’s Office in Washington are searching for a 58-year-old Seattle woman who hasn’t been seen going on a date Friday. According to police, 58-year-old Leticia Martinez-Cosman was last seen at the T-Mobile Park on March 31 while at a Mariners...

www.crimeonline.com

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[NervousNellie]

Well, this doesn't sound good.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Martinez-Cosman has not been in contact with her family since the game, leading the police to declare this a missing persons case.

Her brother, Ricardo, tells KIRO Newsradio she met the man just a couple of weeks ago and sent the photo as a selfie to friends and family. It was the last anyone heard from her.

Liz Latham, a friend who met Martinez-Cosman through their Buddhist group, says that this disappearance is out of the ordinary for her. Martinez also lives and cares for her adult son with special needs, who she checks up with regularly.

“It’s way out of the ordinary. It’s, she’s so in touch with her family, families, really everything and important to her,” Latham said. “Leticia has a son, Patrick, who requires special attention. He’s neurodivergent, and he has special needs. So she is in touch with her son 24/7, always checking on him, and he lives with her, and she had been saving to she’s been saving for years to try to get a bigger house for the two of them.”

Woman's disappearance from Mariners game is 'way out of the ordinary'

A search is underway for a 58-year-old woman who's been missing since going on a date to a Mariners game last Friday.

mynorthwest.com

 

[sds71]

@JeremyHarrisTV

BREAKING:
@SeattlePD says a man has been arrested for murder and kidnapping. They are not confirming if it is the man who Leticia went with to the baseball game. Police say they do NOT know where her body is.

The 46-year-old man has been booked into the King County jail and for investigation of homicide, kidnapping, and assault, according to the SPD.

Man arrested in connection to woman's disappearance after Seattle Mariners game

The Seattle Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a 58-year-old woman who was last seen at T-Mobile Park during the M's game on March 31.

komonews.com

Seattle police arrest suspect on probable cause for murder, kidnapping in disappearance of Leticia Martinez-Cosman

Seattle police could not confirm whether the suspect was the same man Martinez-Cosman was seen with at a March 31 Mariners game.

www.king5.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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Around 2 a.m. Friday, her adult son Patrick, who is in his late-20s and has Asperger's syndrome, told family members that a man woke him up in the middle of the night and told him that his mother had been hurt in a fall and that he would take him to see her in the hospital.

"They drove around, made a couple stops," a source close to the family told Fox News Digital Thursday. "Finally he made this excuse to go to the backseat -- and that’s when he put a bag over his head and tried to choke him."

Patrick's father is Martinez-Cosman's ex-husband and lives out of state. She had been dating and may have recently met the man in the Seattle police photo, showing off a new baseball-themed manicure to relatives before the game.

"[Patrick] fought him off, he bit his thumb, honked the horn to wake up the neighbors, had his phone and was calling 911," the source said.

Seattle woman vanishes after Mariners game, son attacked by stranger at 2 a.m., source says

Washington baseball fan Leticia Martinez-Cosman went missing after attending a Seattle Mariners game at T-Mobile Park Friday, according to city investigators.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Gut_feeling]

This is awful, and JMO but there could be a lot more to this story. I guess what strikes me as odd is the fact that Patrick's very detailed story is being reported by his family, and not the police. But it may be that the police just haven't released the details yet.
RIP Leticia so sad for her and her family, she was loved

Editing to add that if the person arrested is the same man who went to the game with her, then oh my gosh, how absolutely evil that he then went back to her house to kidnap her son!! Honestly, this is crazy.

 

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[GraceG]

KOMO NEWS HAS THE BOOKING PHOTO OF THE MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. THERE'S A SIDE BY SIDE PHOTO OF IT AND THE MAN SHE WAS AT THE GAME WITH. Man arrested in connection to woman's disappearance after Seattle Mariners game

 

[Gut_feeling]

Looks

KOMO NEWS HAS THE BOOKING PHOTO OF THE MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. THERE'S A SIDE BY SIDE PHOTO OF IT AND THE MAN SHE WAS AT THE GAME WITH. Man arrested in connection to woman's disappearance after Seattle Mariners game

Looks like him, same mole, and on the suspect's twitter he has the same glasses.

 

[modesty blaise]

So bizarre.
I wonder if the selfie was sent because she was weirded out.

 

[PommyMommy]

WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Prowler steals items after burglary attempt

That security video is from a reader who says this happened early today on Genesee Hill: Near the 54th and Genesee neighborhood. On 03/28/2023, at approximately midnight, unknown W/M entered the back yard and then hastily exited upon seeing security cameras. Unknown suspect returned at 0058...

westseattleblog.com

Very similar looking man to the one Leticia was last seen with was captured on security camera on March 28.

Photo from the article above:



Photo from Man arrested in connection to woman's disappearance after Seattle Mariners game



Selfie from Cops search for Leticia Martinez after vanishing at Seattle Mariners game

 

[PommyMommy]

KOMO NEWS HAS THE BOOKING PHOTO OF THE MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. THERE'S A SIDE BY SIDE PHOTO OF IT AND THE MAN SHE WAS AT THE GAME WITH. Man arrested in connection to woman's disappearance after Seattle Mariners game

From the article:

• Gitchel has an extensive criminal history, including seven felonies and nine gross misdemeanors, according to criminal records from the Washington State Patrol. His previous convictions include taking vehicles without permission, eluding police, theft, and assault.
• The SPD said detectives have recovered a vehicle in connection to the case and are continuing to follow whatever leads come from evidence found in that vehicle.

 

[sunflowermomma]

Extremely crazy and odd that he would wear distinct glasses and a sweatshirt that ties/relates him to the game he was allegedly at to commit another crime, but thank god criminals are not too smart.....

Also, why Leticia? From her colleagues' interviews it does not seem like she would know someone like this guy at all, why did he target her? ):

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 6, 2023

Brett Gitchel, Seattle Kidnapping Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Brett Gitchel is a Seattle man arrested in connection to the disappearance of 58-year-old Leticia Martinez, who went missing after a date at a Mariners game on March 31, 2023.

heavy.com

• According to his Facebook profile, Brett Gitchel lives in Ellensburg, Washington, and is originally from Renton, Washington. Gitchel’s Twitter profile also shows that he is an Ellensburg resident.
• According to his Facebook page, Gitchel has worked as a bus driver for a nonprofit in Kittias County.

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[Elliot_Alderson]

I wonder if we'll get confirmation whether he was the guy in that backyard security footage.