4-year-old found dead in North Seattle apartment; mother arrested
Oct 17, 2025, 6:07 AM
SPD officers at a crime scene in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of SPD)
(Photo courtesy of SPD)
A 4-year-old child was found dead in an apartment building in North Seattle Thursday afternoon, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) reported.
Patrol officers with the SPD were called to respond to reports of a possible suicidal person in an apartment building on the 6600 block of Roosevelt Way N.E. When the officer arrived, they found a woman having an alleged behavioral health crisis and an unresponsive child.
“Police began emergency life-saving measures. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) arrived and continued life-saving care,” SPD stated in its crime blotter. “Despite all life-saving efforts, the victim succumbed to his injuries, and SFD pronounced him deceased at the scene.”
The suspect, a 45-year-old woman, was taken into custody and booked into King County Jail without incident. It was confirmed by SPD that the suspect arrested was the deceased child’s mother.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine the cause of death of the 4-year-old, while SPD’s homicide unit is leading the investigation examining the child’s death.
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