MOUNTLAKE TERRACE – A teenager who police believe witnessed the killing of a 17-year-old Seattle girl at Lake Ballinger turned himself in Tuesday.
Detectives interviewed Mario “Pelon” Ibanez, 17, and released him to family members, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said.
Police said Ibanez was at the Lake Ballinger boat ramp the night another man, Robert C. Langendoerfer, 21, of Edmonds, allegedly strangled, stabbed and drowned Britney Galindez.
Langendoerfer, a convicted felon and known gang member, remains behind bars for investigation of first-degree murder. A judge Tuesday ordered him held on $1 million bail.
