A physician found bloody and semiconscious in a Seattle First Hill apartment on Thursday has been ordered held in connection with the slayings of his partner and their toddler son, according to The Seattle Times.
A King County District Court judge on Saturday determined there was probable cause to hold Dr. Louis C. Chen in custody on investigation of two counts of aggravated murder in the double homicide. Chen remained hospitalized Saturday at Harborview Medical Center.
Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, said the judge made the ruling by telephone after reviewing an emailed copy of the document of probable cause prepared by police and prosecutors. A document of probable cause outlines the law-enforcement case against the accused.
Donohoe said the document of probable cause will be released on Monday.The deadline for filing charges against Chen is Tuesday, Donohoe said.
Chen, 39, who was scheduled to begin work this week as anendocrinologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center, was found bloody and semiconscious in his apartment on Seattle's First Hill Thursday morning.
A hospital representative who had gone to Chen's apartment found two men in the living room. Law-enforcement sources identified the dead as Chen's partner, Eric A. Cooper, 29, and the couple's nearly 3-year-old son.
Sources said the toddler's body was in the bathroom. All three appeared to have suffered knife wounds, according to a source.
Police described the scene inside the penthouse apartment as "horrific."
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