North Sound News

Arrest made after man's death in Everett ruled a homicide

EVERETT, Wash. — Everett police arrested a Lynden man Monday in the death of a man whose body was found in the hallway of building in September.

The man's body was found in the Commerce Building on Sept. 9.

Police said that during the initial investigation, the victim's cause of death could not be determined, but detectives interviewed the occupants of an apartment where it was believed the victim had been.

When the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide, detectives determined the victim, identified as 52-year-old Charles P. Hatem of Everett, was struck multiple times before he was dragged into the hallway, where he died.

Based on information gathered during the investigation, a 40-year-old Lynden man was arrested and booked into the Snohomish County Jail on probable cause for manslaughter charges.