Suspect in University of Washington Student Stabbing Turns Self In

A man suspected in the Sunday night murder of a University of Washington student turned himself in to police on Wednesday night.

The surrender followed the Seattle Police Department's release of suspect photos that afternoon. Officers asked for public help in locating the man tied to the killing.

"On May 13, Seattle police detectives arrested a 31-year-old man in connection to a homicide that occurred May 10 in a University of Washington campus housing building. Officers found the 19-year-old victim deceased with stab wounds," SPD said in a statement Thursday morning.

The suspect attended the University of Washington from 2015 to 2021, an SPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Police said the unnamed suspect surrendered to the Bellevue Police Department before Seattle homicide detectives took custody.

Authorities searched for three days after the late-night stabbing Sunday in a laundry room at the off-campus Nordheim Court apartments. The privately managed complex appears on the university website as undergraduate housing.

The light-skinned Black male stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall with a thin build. Photos show him wearing thin wire-framed glasses, a scruffy goatee, navy blue pullover sweatshirt and blue jeans. One image captures him looking over his right shoulder into a surveillance camera.

University of Washington Police arrived at the scene. They and the Seattle Fire Department tried to save the victim but failed.

The victim, reportedly transgender, has not been named.

"I want to express my deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and loved ones of the UW student who was killed late last night," University of Washington President Robert Jones told the school's newspaper The Daily. "There are no words that can express the profound loss of a student. While investigators have not yet identified a suspect or a motive, I want to recognize that when violence affects a trans person it can be especially worrying to our LGBTQIA+ community members."

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