ISSAQUAH, Wash. – (KONP staff) A couple from Nevada are facing second-degree murder charges after reportedly robbing and stabbing to death an Uber driver in Issaquah.
Last Sunday night, officers were called to a single-vehicle crash and found the driver, later identified as 28-year-old Cherno Ceesay, dead at the scene. Ceesay had been stabbed multiple times and crashed into a tree.
Uber records that showed Ceesay had picked up a fare a few hundred yards from the crash scene. Police were able to track GPS on Ceesay’s phone, as well as the phone of the person who requested the ride.
Detectives tracked a white Nissan Altima with a Nevada license plate that followed the same GPS route. The car was found two days later with two people inside. A search of the car revealed Ceesay’s phone and two bloody knives.
The couple, both 21 years old were booked into the King County Jail for suspicion of murder.