Overview
- Prosecutors filed the premeditated murder charge Monday, adding a deadly-weapon enhancement that carries an expected 22 to 29 years if he is convicted.
- Leahy remains jailed on $10 million bail as his next court appearance will be an arraignment where he is expected to enter a plea.
- Investigators cite surveillance images from the laundry room, an unplugged camera, and Leahy’s fingerprints on the door, with the public release of photos prompting tips before he surrendered.
- Charging papers say Leahy stalked another UW student across the apartment complex and was recorded entering campus buildings and trying to open private home doors in Seattle’s Ravenna area before the killing.
- Vigils in Seattle and Santa Fe honored Blessing’s life as family and LGBTQ groups mourned her death and called attention to student safety off campus.