Search underway for suspect in connection with fatal stabbing of University of Washington student

Seattle police are looking for a suspect in connection with the Sunday evening murder of a University of Washington student, found inside a school-affiliated apartment building, officials said

Seattle police are looking for a suspect in connection with the Sunday evening murder of a University of Washington student, found inside a school-affiliated apartment building, officials said.

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The victim of the incident is “believed to be a 19-year-old transgender female,” Seattle Police Department Detective Eric Muñoz said in a Monday statement to NBC News, though no other details were provided.

UW police officers were called to the campus student housing complex Nordheim Court at about 10:10 p.m. and responding officers found “a deceased victim in a laundry room,” according to Detective Muñoz.