A 49-year-old Issaquah woman is accused of killing her roommate with an ax while he slept, then lighting his body on fire, according to King County prosecutors.

Kimberly Feyhl, who is also known as Kimberly Seawright, was arrested Sept. 16 outside the apartment she shared with Richard Schnepf, 43, her roommate and on-again, off-again boyfriend, and charged two days later with premeditated first-degree murder and first-degree arson, charging papers say. Prosecutors further allege the murder and arson charges are crimes of domestic violence.

Feyhl remains jailed in lieu of $3 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

Firefighters with Eastside Fire & Rescue responded to an audible fire alarm at the Rose Crest Apartments in the 300 block of Shangri-La Way Northwest a little be

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