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Prosecuting Attorney’s Office – 2018 incidents

The Public Integrity Team of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reviews officer-involved shootings, police use-of-force investigations and other incidents referred by law enforcement. Find the status of investigations sent to our office that occurred in 2018 below.

Use-of-force fatalities

Incident Date Decedent Involved Agency Status
2/19/2018 Jason Seavers Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Inquest Complete
4/4/2018 Mitchell Nelson Valley SWAT Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
6/14/2018 Marcelo Castellano Redmond PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
7/26/2018 Jesus Hernandez-Murillo KCSO Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
8/23/2018 Joseph Peppan KCSO Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Review
12/31/2018 Iosia Faletogo Seattle PD Referred to King County Executive, Declined, Inquest Complete, Post-Inquest Memo

In-custody deaths

Incident Date Decedent Involved Agency or Facility Status
1/4/2018 Damaris Rodriguez South Correctional Entity (SCORE Jail) Declined*
2/26/2018 Dustin Soderlund-Wysong King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Declined, Inquest Not Recommended
3/11/2018 Karla Gamez-Talavera King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Declined*
8/17/2018 Joshua Carstens WSP Referred to King County Executive, Declined
9/5/2018 Wang Leng Issaquah PD Referred to King County Exec, Inquest Complete, Declined
10/10/2018 Gary Hunt King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Manner of Death: Natural**, Closed*
11/9/2018 Dennis Jackson King County Correctional Facility - Seattle Referred to King County Executive, Declined

*This investigation was reviewed after Executive Order PHL 7-1-6, which no longer requires KCPAO to make a recommendation as to whether an inquest is required by the King County Charter.

 

**Prior to February 5, 2025, the KCPAO was mandated by executive order to review all in-custody death investigations for their completeness and to make a recommendation to the Executive whether the King County Charter required an inquest. (See. EO PHL 7-1-5 §7.1). As a result, the KCPAO reviewed all in-custody deaths, including deaths by suicide, accident and natural causes. Executive Order PHL 7-1-6, issued on February 5, 2025, removed this requirement. As a result, going forward, the KCPAO will only review in-custody death investigations that law enforcement refers to our office where physical force was used on the inmate by law enforcement or other circumstances where criminal liability may attach. This also applies to in-custody death investigations that pre-date the executive order but had not been referred to inquest.

 

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