A 33-year-old Seattle man faces a second-degree murder charge after King County prosecutors amended a first-degree assault charge following the death in April of a Kent auto mechanic he allegedly attacked in 2024.
The amended charging papers were filed Tuesday, July 1 by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office after a ruling June 24 by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office that Elvis Anolin Duran-Reyes, 56, died April 24 from head injuries he sustained in the May 8, 2024 attack and that the manner of death is homicide.
Duran-Reyes was severely beaten in May 2024 at his shop reportedly over a payment dispute. He died April 24 still trying to recover from his injuries. The initial medical examiner’s report on April 28 listed the cause and manner of death as pending…