Update.

Twenty-three year old Isaiah Kalebu has been arrested and charged with the murder of one South Park Seattle woman and the attempted murder of her partner. He tortured and repeatedly raped the two women before he tried to kill them both.

Kalebu has a history of mental illness and repeated run-ins with the police. He as plead "not guilty," but the evidence, as I understand it, is overwhelming and the prosecutor has asked for the death penalty.

Kalebu has also been accused of setting a house fire in which his aunt died after she urged him to join a mental health program. And he also threatened to kill his mother for making the same suggestion.

Apparently he had been arrested a number of times, but had to be released because of failure of the complainants to follow through and press charges (I think there's a lesson there!).

Whether the gender orientation of the two women was a factor in the brutal assault has not been determined so far.

Don Firth