A man is facing charges a decade after he allegedly murdered a victim in Washington state by mechanical asphyxia and cleaned the body with oven cleaner.

Clay Fosse, now 37, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of Thomas Hess in Seattle. A probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime said Hess' roommates found him dead around 2 a.m. on Feb. 14, 2015, in his apartment in the 2300 block of 1st Avenue.

Hess was covered by blankets and had a perforated leather sheet or "mask" over his face, cops wrote. A shoelace bound his wrists behind his back, the affidavit stated. Detectives noted they could smell oven cleaner on his body. They found a can of Easy-Off oven cleaner next to his feet.

The autopsy "revealed evidence of blunt force injuries to the face, neck, and tors

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