The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a University of Washington student who was killed on Sunday as Juniper Blessing.
She was 19.
A suspect is in custody. He turned himself in to the Bellevue Police Department on Wednesday night after photos of him taken from security camera footage were released to the public.
Blessing was found fatally stabbed in a laundry room at Nordheim Court Sunday night.
Blessing was a transgender woman, and her killing has rocked the local LGBTQ community. In a statement shared on social media earlier this week, the Trans Collective at UW noted, “Trans
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