Brett Gitchel arrested in connection with missing woman Leticia Martinez-Cosman video’ A 46-year-old man in Seattle, Washington, is behind bars after police say that he attended a Major League Baseball game last week with a woman who has not been seen or heard from since leaving the stadium and is presumed dead.
Brett Gitchel was taken into custody on Thursday “for investigation of murder and kidnapping” in connection with the disappearance of 58-year-old Leticia Martinez-Cosman, authorities announced.
Brett Gitchel arrested
Brett Gitchel arrested in connection with missing woman Leticia Martinez-Cosman video
According to a press release from the Seattle Police Department, Gitchel and Martinez-Cosman were last seen together on the evening of March 31, attending a Seattle Mariners game at T-Mobile Park. Martinez-Cosman has not been seen or contacted by her family or friends since the game.
Authorities described Martinez-Cosman as 5 foot 9 and weighing about 135 pounds with green eyes and brown hair.
Gitchel has not been formally charged in the case, but a King County judge on Friday ruled that prosecutors showed probable cause to hold Gitchel as they continue investigating Martinez-Cosman’s disappearance, The Seattle Times reported.
In addition to the murder and kidnapping investigation, police say Gitchel is also being held for investigation into an alleged assault, theft, and unlawful possession of a firearm. The latter allegations stem from Martinez-Cosman’s son being abducted and the theft of jewelry.
