The King County Prosecutor’s Office charges Bellevue man Christopher Leahy with premeditated murder in the brutal killing of a University of Washington transgender student juniper blessing19, May 10. Premeditated murder charge, plus use of lethal weapon means if leahy convictedhe faces 22 to 29 years in prison.
What’s the motivation?
The county attorney did not provide specific information. motivation of Leahy’s alleged actions, but only mentioned “his out-of-control rage as evidenced by the horrific injuries he caused to Juniper Blessing.” A charging document states that Leahy, 31, “stalked another UW student in a multi-story apartment building, eventually following the second student into the same building and the same room where he viciously murdered Juniper Blessing,” The Stranger reported.
“Tracking apps and video recordings placed the defendant in a campus building and attempting to enter a private residence in Ravenna prior to the murder and returning to the vicinity of the murder scene two days after the murder,” the document added.
What does the surveillance video show?
A surveillance video captured Levy stalking Blessing in the laundry room of an off-campus dormitory before murdering them. He stabbed Blessing 40 times.
The chilling video shows Leahy walking in and out of the laundry room at Seattle’s Nordheim Court residence hall on May 10 until he and Blessing were alone. He then unplugged the camera and stabbed the male and female student to death, KOMO-TV News reported.
Additional surveillance video released by the King County Prosecutor’s Office showed Leahy earlier trying to open the doors of several nearby homes, the outlet reported.
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“Police indicated that the defendant attempted to enter a private residence in Ravenna in the days leading up to the homicide,” Prosecutor’s Office representative Casey McNerthney told KOMO.
“Police said that prior to Juniper’s death on the 10th, he attempted to enter at least one other campus building,” McNathney added.
