Arcan Cetin, man accused of killing 5 in Cascade Mall shooting, dies in jail
By Sara Jean Green | Seattle Times | April 17, 2017, 7:03PM PTMore than a month ago, Arcan Cetin, the man accused of killing five people at the Cascade Mall In September, was moved from the Skagit County Jail to the lockup in Snohomish County at the request of his public defenders, according to a Skagit County spokeswoman.
The reason: Cetin had made legally compromising comments about his criminal case to fellow inmates, setting up the potential for a huge conflict of interest for his defense attorneys, said Bronlea Mishler, the county’s communications coordinator.
Many of those other inmates are also represented by the Skagit County Public Defender’s Office and potentially could have been called as state witnesses during Cetin’s trial on five counts of aggravated first-degree murder, Mishler said.
The transfer occurred on March 10.
Just before 7:00p.m. Sunday, Cetin was found dead in his jail cell from an apparent suicide, according to Skagit County prosecutors. The 20-year-old, who has not been officially identified by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office, is believed to have hanged himself, according to prosecutors.
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