A 58-year-old woman has gone missing after going on a date at a baseball game.
The Seattle Police Departmentshared on its blotterthat Leticia Martinez-Cosman was last seen at T-Mobile Park on Friday evening attending the Seattle Mariners game with a male companion.
The police department on Thursday said they had arrested a 46-year-old man in a murder and kidnapping investigation related to Martinez-Cosman’s disappearance. The suspect, identified as Brett Gitchel, has been booked into King County Jail,reports KTSU.
Leticia Martinez-Cosman and Brett Gitchel.
Martinez-Cosman was last heard from when she went to a Seattle Mariners game with a man she recently met. Her brother, Ricardo, said that Martinez-Cosman and the man had met a few weeks ago and that the last time she checked in with her family was when she sent a photo of her and her date at the game,according to MyNorthwest.com.
Leticia Martinez-Cosman.
“It’s way out of the ordinary. She’s so in touch with her family, families, really everything important to her,” Liz Latham, a friend of Martinez-Cosman,told MyNorthwest.com. “Leticia has a son, Patrick, who requires special attention. He’s neurodivergent, and he has special needs. So she is in touch with her son 24/7, always checking on him, and he lives with her, and she had been saving for years to try to get a bigger house for the two of them.”
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“We are aware of the situation and take it very seriously. We have been in contact with law enforcement and have offered any assistance we can provide,” the statement reads.
source: people.com
