VIDEO: Spokane man accused of murdering daughter's ex-boyfriend in Airway Heights
(Click right in the photo slider for video content). A suspect has been arrested after Spokane police found a body in the trunk of his abandoned vehicle on in Spokane on Friday, Oct. 22. The suspect reportedly killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after learning that he allegedly sold her into a sex-trafficking organization in Seattle.
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A suspect has been arrested after Spokane police found a body in the trunk of his abandoned vehicle on in Spokane on Friday, Oct. 22. The suspect reportedly killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after learning that he allegedly sold her into a sex-trafficking organization in Seattle. The body remained in the trunk of the suspect's car for a whole year before it was moved by a third-party in October 2021, Spokane police said.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Police arrested a Spokane man after finding a body in the trunk of his abandoned vehicle on Friday, Oct. 22.
The suspect reportedly killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after learning that he allegedly sold her into a sex-trafficking organization in Seattle.
According to a press release from the Spokane Police Department (SPD), the murder took place during November of 2020. After rescuing his daughter, the suspect confronted his daughter’s 19-year-old boyfriend at a location in Airway Heights. Authorities said he tied the boyfriend up in the trunk of his car, hit him in the head with a cinder block and then stabbed him repeatedly, causing his death.
According to court documents, the man believed his daughter was sold into prostitution in Oct. 2020 by her then boyfriend and the victim. The father's fiancé said they had to drive over to Seattle to rescue their daughter after they learned of the incident.
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Spokane man accused of murdering daughter's ex-boyfriend in Airway Heights
A suspect has been arrested after Spokane police found a body in the trunk of his abandoned vehicle on in Spokane on Friday, Oct. 22. The suspect reportedly killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after learning that he allegedly sold her into a sex-trafficking organization in Seattle. The body remained in the trunk of the suspect's car for a whole year before it was moved by a third-party in October 2021, Spokane police said.