A 22-year-old Federal Way man faces a second-degree manslaughter charge for allegedly causing the death of his 4-month-old baby by his criminally negligent actions.
Elijah Jamal Pendleton Brown is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Sept. 9 in the GA Courtroom of the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. He remained in custody Sept. 1 at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle with bail set at $450,000, according to jail records.
Brown reportedly told Federal Way Police detectives during a Feb. 24, 2026 interview that he placed the baby boy in a swaddle with his arms cinched to his sides inside their unit at the Crestwood West Apartments, 27904 Pacific Highway S., according to charging documents filed Aug. 27. He then placed the baby, face down in a sleeping device akin to a straight jacket, and walked away…