Woman Murdered in Renton Motel by Army Ranger in July 2018

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Interested in any additional information about this story from the Seattle area in July 2018. Also read the Renton Police press release.

Summary:

• Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad was a 20-year-old Army Ranger from New Jersey.
• On 7/10/2018, Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad was assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (greater Seattle area).
• On the morning of 7/24/2018, Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad checked into a Renton motel.
• Later on 7/24/2018, video surveillance shows Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad knocking on another door at the Renton motel and entering the room. He was only in the room for three minutes.
• Later still on 7/24/2018, an unidentified 38-year-old woman was found dead in the Renton motel room Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad was seen entering and leaving. Her body was mutilated post-mortem.
• On 7/25/2018 at 3:42 a.m., Krishna Mahadevan-Prasad shot at two cars while being stopped in traffic waiting for the Hood Canal bridge to open. He then killed himself.

 

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Stars and Stripes offers a good narrative account:

Army cooperating in investigation of
Ranger linked to grisly killing near Seattle