Man suspected of murder in North Bend infant’s death arrested by Tacoma police

A 26-year-old man suspected of murder in the death of a 6-month-old boy in North Bend was arrested Thursday in Tacoma, according to police.

Tacoma Police Department officers received a bulletin Thursday afternoon from Snoqualmie Police Department advising them that a man suspected of second-degree murder in the child’s death was believed to be staying in the city, a police spokesperson said.

Few details were immediately available about the infant’s death. Police spokesperson Wendy Haddow said the bulletin indicated it occurred in 2019. A representative from Snoqualmie Police Department wasn’t immediately available to comment.

Haddow said officers contacted the suspect and arrested him shortly after 9 p.m. in Tacoma’s South End at a business in the 1900 block of South 72nd Street. She said the man was placed in a holding cell at TPD headquarters until he was transferred to the custody of Snoqualmie Police Department.

This story was originally published March 10, 2023 at 10:31 AM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription