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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413860_burien05.htmlA Burien teen accused of killing his girlfriend before shooting himself in an effort to cover up the New Year's Eve slaying has been charged with second-degree murder.
King County prosecutors say 16-year-old Matthew D. Dubois gunned down Mikarah Sanders before turning the .357 cal. revolver on himself hours before midnight on Dec. 31.
According to charging documents, King County deputy sheriffs were called to an apartment complex in the 12400 block of Ambaum Boulevard Southwest after another woman at the complex reported the shooting.
Searching the apartment, deputies found Sanders unconscious and without a pulse in a bedroom. Deputies began CPR but Sanders did not survive the gunshot wound to her face.
Following a blood trail from the home, deputies located Dubois in another apartment at the complex.
According to court documents, Dubois told officers he'd been shot by another man at his family's apartment, where Sanders was found. Several witness associated with Dubois backed the teen's claim, but, police say, later changed their stories during interviews with detectives.
One woman speaking to detectives ultimately said Dubois and Sanders had been arguing about Sanders' MySpace.com page, where an ex-boyfriend of Sanders had made a comment. Dubois, who'd been handling a pistol throughout the evening, was angry about the comment, authorities said.
Dubois and Sanders continued to argue in the back bedroom, the woman allegedly told police, until a single gunshot rang out. The woman told police she went to the bedroom to find Sanders mortally wounded.
At Dubois suggestion, the woman went to a relative's apartment in the complex and called 911, King County Detective Sue Peters said in court documents. Dubois followed her there and asked that she tell police someone had shot Sanders and him.
Afraid for her own safety, the woman agreed and Dubois shot himself in the shoulder, Peters said.
Interviewed by detectives on Saturday, Dubois allegedly admitted to the argument with Sanders but denied shooting her. He said a man in a blue bandanna shot them as they were leaving the house.
"He did not appear to be concerned about (Sanders') welfare or whereabouts," Peters said in court documents, recalling an interview at Haborview Medical Center in Seattle. "He did not ask one question regarding her welfare."
Requesting that Dubois be held on $1 million bail, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Cheryl Snow noted that Dubois had previously been convicted of unlawful gun possession, burglary and witness tampering. Dubois, identified as a Highline High School student in court documents, had been placed on electronic home monitoring due to those convictions and was being monitored at the time of the shooting.
In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Dubois has been charged with unlawful gun possession. Due to the severity of the allegations against him, he was automatically charged as an adult.
Dubois is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 13 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent and faces 17 to 25 years in prison if convicted as charged.