Police: man charged with murder in Tukwila human remains case was in country illegally | Pedro Venegas-Ramos

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February 8, 2018

Police: Man charged with murder in Tukwila human remains case was in the country illegally

SEATTLE - A Tukwila man accused of stabbing his cousin then dismembering the man last month should have been in the custody of federal immigration agents, according to Kent police.

Rosalio Ramos-Ramos, 37, was being sought by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late last year and was almost turned over, when an apparent lack of communication between police and Harborview Medical Center resulted in his discharge from the Seattle trauma hospital, police said.

“I believe this person needed to be off the streets. He had been deported four times prior, he is a convicted felon and he’s a very violent person,” Kent police Chief Ken Thomas told KOMO on Thursday ...

Police said the remains in the suitcase were identified as Pedro Venegas-Ramos, the suspect’s cousin.