A man recently released from jail under Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) supervision is now being charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend that allegedly happened during his release.
Willie McCoo Jr., 55, of Seattle, allegedly fatally stabbed Kiara Sewell, 31, of Tacoma, and cut off her left hand on June 15. The woman was found on the seventh floor of an apartment building, but her hand was not found at the scene.
Fatal stabbing in Seattle leads to amputated hand
Just before noon on June 15, a 911 report to a King County call center detailed an incident inside a Bitter Lake apartment on North 143rd Street.
“There is a body on floor seven, at the end of the hallway, near the stairwell,” according to court documents obtained by KIRO 7…