WA, Seattle, Elisabeth Wright-30. Man confessed to murder 5 years after death ruled O.D.

[Seattle1]

Seattle man charged with murder, 5 years after his girlfriend’s death was attributed to an overdose

May 7, 2020

For more than five years, Elisabeth Wright’s death in the stairwell of an apartment building in Seattle’s Central District was attributed to an accidental overdose, according to King County prosecutors.

Seattle police say that all changed early Tuesday when Wright’s former boyfriend, 32-year-old Leo Driver, walked into the department’s East Precinct and confessed to strangling her to death, according to a first-degree murder charge that was rush-filed by prosecutors Wednesday. Driver was booked into the King County Jail on Tuesday morning and prosecutors are seeking to have him held in lieu of $1 million bail, court records show.

According to charging papers and court records, Driver does not have any prior felony convictions but has misdemeanor domestic-violence convictions for assault, property destruction, criminal trespass and violating court orders protecting his sister and their late mother. At least some of those cases were adjudicated in mental health court, the records show.

 

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Seattle man charged with murder, 5 years after his girlfriend’s death was attributed to an overdose...

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From OP's link:
"Driver came to believe Wright was harming his family and during her fight with his mother, Driver “decided that if he killed Wright, it would help his family,” a Seattle police homicide detective wrote in the charges....
"“Driver said he decided to confess because his family was still suffering and he wanted peace,” the detective wrote."

Sad, sad, sad.