Who is Leticia Martinez? Missing woman Seattle Mariners game
by A Maria | Updated Apr 11, 2023
Who is Leticia Martinez?
Authorities are currently on the lookout for a 58-year-old woman named Leticia Martinez-Cosman, who went missing after attending a Major League Baseball game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Seattle Police detectives have requested the public's assistance in finding her. Leticia was last spotted at the stadium on March 31st and was accompanied by a friend, who has already been interviewed by the authorities.
Missing woman Seattle Mariners game
According to prosecutors who tracked his phone, the suspect linked to the case of a missing woman traveled to a secluded mountainous region several hours after she was last seen with him at a baseball game. Leticia Martinez-Cosman, aged 58, has not been heard from since she was seen at a Seattle Mariners home game on March 31st. Martinez-Cosman had taken a selfie with a man at the game, whom she only identified as Brett.
The man in question, identified as Brett Michael Gitchel, aged 46, was arrested and is currently being held in custody at a King County jail for kidnapping and homicide in connection with the disappearance. After obtaining a search warrant for Gitchel's phone on April 5th, Verizon provided the location information for his cell, which indicated that he had traveled north through Seattle to a remote area of King County after the baseball game, as per court documents seen by KIRO.
Leticia Martinez missing case
According to court documents, the suspect in the case of the missing woman, Gitchel, is alleged to have set fire to Martinez-Cosman's car just a few days after her disappearance on April 2nd and attempted to kidnap her son. Patrick, Martinez-Cosman's son, who is in his late 20s and has Asperger's syndrome, was attacked by a man he did not know shortly after his mother's disappearance. The man claimed that Martinez-Cosman had been in an accident and needed to be visited at the hospital. The man then drove Patrick around for several hours before trying to kill him by smothering or strangling him, but he managed to escape before the police found him.
Later that day, the Seattle Fire Department was called to a car fire that appeared to have been intentionally set, which was later determined to be Martinez-Cosman's car. Two days later, Gitchel was brought in for questioning and was found to have numerous visible injuries on his body. He denied attending any events in the past week before changing his story, but a selfie of him and Martinez-Cosman at the baseball game contradicted his claims. Gitchel claims that after the game, Martinez-Cosman left with another man.
Text messages sent from Martinez-Cosman's phone claim that she spent the night with an ex-boyfriend and canceled her babysitting shift on April 1st. However, the author of these messages cannot be verified and calls to the phone were left unanswered before it was turned off. On Friday, a judge found probable cause for multiple offenses, including kidnapping, assault, theft, and attempted murder in connection with the incidents that occurred after the Mariners game.
What happened to Leticia Martinez's son?
Leticia Martinez-Cosman, aged 58, was last seen alive on March 31 with 46-year-old Brett Gitchel at a Seattle Mariners game. She sent a selfie with Gitchel to her family, and that was the last time she was seen. Gitchel has been arrested and charged in connection with her disappearance. Court documents allege that Gitchel was the last person to be seen with Martinez-Cosman within a three-day period. He is said to have driven her vehicle to a remote area outside Seattle, kidnapped and attempted to kill her son, and burned Martinez-Cosman's vehicle the following day. The man who her son encountered in the early hours of April 2, after waking up to knocking on his bedroom door, was believed to be Gitchel, according to prosecutors. The man claimed Martinez-Cosman had fallen and needed to go to the hospital. During the car ride, he tried to choke Martinez's son, and after that failed, used his forearm. Martinez's son fought back and managed to escape and hide in the woods. Court documents revealed that Gitchel had wounds on his hands, possibly from biting, and phone records showed he was in the same area as Martinez's son during the attack. It is unclear whether a DNA sample has been taken to determine whether Gitchel's wounds were caused by Martinez's son fighting back.
Who is Leticia Martinez - FAQs
Leticia Martinez-Cosman is a 58-year-old woman who went missing after attending a Major League Baseball game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
Martinez-Cosman was last spotted at the stadium on March 31st.
No, she was accompanied by a friend who has already been interviewed by the authorities.
As of now, there has been no update on Martinez-Cosman's whereabouts. Seattle Police detectives have requested the public's assistance in finding her.
Anyone with information about Martinez-Cosman's disappearance is urged to contact the Seattle Police Department or call 911.