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Federal Way father suspected of manslaughter in 4-month-old baby's suffocation death
Federal Way man charged with manslaughter for allegedly causing infant's suffocation by placing him face down in a swaddle; death ruled an accident.
- On Sept. 1, a 22-year-old Federal Way man, Elijah Jamal Pendleton Brown, remained in custody facing a second-degree manslaughter charge for allegedly causing his 4-month-old baby's death.
- Brown told Federal Way Police detectives he placed the infant face down in a swaddle with arms cinched inside their Crestwood West Apartments unit before leaving the child unattended.
- Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jocelyn Cooney acknowledged the state waited six months for Washington State Toxicology DNA results before filing. The King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death accidental asphyxiation.
- Officers discovered Brown violated a no-contact order from Federal Way Municipal Court issued in September 2025, and he remains held at King County Correctional Facility in Seattle on $450,000 bail.
- Brown is scheduled for arraignment at 9 a.m. Sept. 9 in the GA Courtroom of the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. He must remain at least 1,000 feet from the mother's residence.
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