Seattle Woman Found Alive After Neighbor Sees Body Loaded Into SUV

SEATTLE — A West Seattle man was arrested by a SWAT team Sunday after a neighbor reported a woman's body being loaded into the back of an SUV, according to police. The investigation saw a portion of 35th Avenue Southwest, a major arterial closed for several hours.

In a news release Monday, the Seattle Police Department said the neighbor called 911 shortly before 4:45 p.m. to report that his neighbor had wrapped a woman's "apparently lifeless body" in a blanket, placed her in the back of a vehicle and drove away.

The caller gave responding officers video from his home surveillance system, and after identifying the man investigators learned he was wanted on a felony robbery warrant, police said. Homicide detectives obtained a search warrant for the home, and after the SUV returned, a SWAT team arrested the 35-year-old suspect.

Speaking with detectives after his arrest, the man said the woman he carried from the home was overdosing, and he drove her to Harborview Medical Center. Police went to the hospital to verify the story and found the woman was alive and receiving medical care.

The man was booked into jail on the earlier felony warrant.