King County sees first murder of the year, suspect arrested in Utah

It was King County’s first murder of 2025 … now a suspect is in custody following his arrest Monday in Utah.

It started with a fight on January 10 in Tukwila and ended with a 16-year-old stabbed to death.

“This was a fight, and one guy pulled out a knife and it escalated,” Casey McNerthney with the King County Prosecutor’s Office said. “Then, investigators say he fled the state.”

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Investigators said the suspect, 20-year-old Jose Antonio Cedeno-Ponce was located and arrested by the FBI and local authorities in Utah County, Utah…

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