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Authorities find body of Island County teen buried in snow bank

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SEATTLE, Wash. — 2 men have been charged in the death of an Island County teen.

Police were called to the parking lot of an apartment complex in Seattle on February 19, where they discovered the body of a 19-year-old man buried in a snow bank.

The Seattle Times reports the King County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Mikah Macarro and determined he died from a gunshot wound.

Seattle police have arrested two men in connection with the man’s death.

Prosecutors charged Griffin Blakely, of Seattle, and Jorge Ruelas-Sanchez, of Shoreline, with second-degree murder.

They both remain jailed in lieu of $1 million each.

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