RENTON, Wash. (AP) - A 31-year-old Seattle man was arrested Tuesday after detectives discovered a body in his Renton hotel room, according to Renton police.
Mercer Island detectives arrived at a Renton hotel around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to follow up on a tip regarding a missing 61-year-old Mercer Island man, a Renton police statement said Wednesday. The man hadn’t been seen since April 23.
The detectives noticed a “foul odor” coming from a hotel room, and notified Renton police officers, who were able to call the room. The man, who was later arrested, refused to open the door, so police obtained a search warrant and found human remains in a plastic container in the bathroom, police said. The remains haven’t been identified.
The Seattle man was booked on unrelated charges, pending confirmation of the victim’s cause of death, the statement said.
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