Seattle Police ask for help finding suspect in beating death of Auburn man, 31

Published 3:56 pm Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Why an Auburn man lost his life after attending a Kenny Chesney concert in Seattle Saturday night is as yet unknown.

What people do know is that at about 9 p.m. in Seattle’s International District near 5th Avenue and S. Weller Street, Benito “Benny” Enriquez, a 31-year-old father of two young girls and a public health nurse in Auburn, sustained mortal head injuries during a fight with another man.

Family members later told King 5 News that by the time medics arrived, Enriquez had no pulse and that he died later at Harborview Medical Center.

According to what family members told King 5 News, as the Chesney concert was ending, Enriquez announced he was heading out to buy T-shirts for his daughters and would meet them where their car was parked at 5th and King Street.

Before the assault, the unidentified suspect is seen in police photos walking with Enriquez and a woman. Enriquez was beaten on his way back to the car.

A K9 officer helped search the area, but the suspect was not found.

Police released photos Sunday and asked for help finding the suspect. He is described as possibly a Hispanic, Middle-Eastern or Pacific Islander man in his 20s, 5 feet 11 inches-to-six feet 1 inch tall, with a medium-to-stocky build. He wore a black and white “trucker” style baseball cap, a white v-neck t-shirt and black shorts.

The suspect was with a white woman in her 20’s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a medium build, possibly pregnant. She had long, straight blonde hair, wore a red, pink and white-patterned dress and carried a shoulder bag.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect or of the woman should call the Seattle Police homicide tip-line at 206-233-5000.