Homicide Suspect Arrested Five Months After East Bay Jail Released Him By Mistake
Apr 02, 2026
A Washington state homicide suspect with prior warrants in the East Bay was arrested in Missouri this week after he was mistakenly released in October from Contra Costa County’s Martinez Jail while waiting to be extradited to Washington state.Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, of Kern, Washington, is suspe
cted of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man at a hotel in Seattle on October 15. He was arrested on October 18 in Contra Costa County following a police chase and booked into Martinez Jail on suspicion of homicide, as KRON4 reported in October. According to KPIX, Andrews was also being held at the jail on local charges, along with a juvenile warrant from Sacramento.Andrews attended his extradition hearing on October 20 then disappeared two days later. Authorities launched a search of the area but did not notify the media or the public about his disappearance for five days — at which point SFist reported that Andrews was at large and had been released by mistake. A multi-state search operation was also initiated.On Wednesday, five months after his escape, the US Marshals Service arrested Andrews in St. Louis, Missouri, and he’ll now be extradited back to Seattle to face murder charges there.Image: Google Street View
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