The 52-Year-Old Victim was Sleeping When He Was Struck In the Head.
As reported by USA Today:
A Washington state man has been charged with premeditated murder after investigators say he preyed on a homeless man and brutally killed him with what appears to be an ax in Seattle.
Liam Harrison Kryger, 25, was being held at the King County jail Thursday on $5 million bond after being arrested on a first-degree murder charge Sunday at his apartment northeast of downtown.
Court papers obtained by USA TODAY show Kryger is accused in the Feb. 22 early morning slaying of 52-year-old Daravuth Van.
During a press conference Monday, Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz said the victim was found dead about 5 a.m. outside Seattle’s Town Hall building in the city's First Hill neighborhood.
According to a Feb. 22 press release, when officers arrived at the scene that day they found the victim's body lying in an alcove of the building.
The building is several blocks from where police said Kryger lives.
A preliminary investigation by police and the coroner revealed the victim had been sleeping when he was struck in the head and killed.
If the murderer hadn't been white would we instead be hearing demands for National Axe Registration? I tried to view pictures of this murder but they had been photo chopped. It really cut me down with a single stroke. Really have an axe to grind with these baseless allegations. He was just out gathering wood when this bum fell asleep in front of him like a pile of sticks. You know, If a bum falls down in the forest and there's nobody around to hear him, does he make a sound? I'm done.