{"id":511488,"date":"2026-03-08T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/511488\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:05:23","slug":"court-documents-detail-criminal-history-of-bellevue-hit-and-run-murder-suspect-kiro-7-news-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/511488\/","title":{"rendered":"Court documents detail criminal history of Bellevue hit-and-run murder suspect \u2013 KIRO 7 News Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

BELLEVUE, Wash. \u2014 KIRO 7 is digging deeper into the background of Mark Alexander Adams, the man accused of murdering a woman in an alleged intentional hit-and-run outside a YMCA<\/a> in Bellevue.<\/p>\n

The murder charge is not Adams\u2019 first run-in with the law. He was accused of domestic violence over a decade ago, found unfit to stand trial and moved to Western State Hospital.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Corrections, he escaped from alongside another inmate in 2016.<\/p>\n

The escape prompted a statewide manhunt. Officials blamed a loose window in their room. A camera on a bus spotted Adams in Des Moines and he was recaptured.<\/p>\n

He is now back in jail, charged with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man accused of \u2018lying in wait\u2019 before running over, killing a woman outside the Bellevue YMCA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is incredibly difficult for the victim\u2019s family,\u201d Casey McNerthney of the King County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office said. \u201cTo have to go through this just sounds awful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors claim Adams was \u201clying in wait\u201d outside the YMCA before he drove into an 88-year-old woman, killing her. They allege he hit two other people in Tacoma before being arrested in Port Townsend the next day.<\/p>\n

Investigators said his cell phone location data connected him to all three crime scenes.<\/p>\n

Court records obtained by KIRO 7 detail some of what happened over the decade between Adams\u2019 escape and the Bellevue murder. <\/p>\n

His mother, sister and brother-in-law all filed restraining orders against him.<\/p>\n

Adams\u2019 sister claims in one filing that Adams took a knife from her while she was cooking and used it to threaten both her and her husband. She further alleges he once physically picked her up and threw her out of the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot take his abuse anymore. I am terrified that he is going to act on his many threats to kill me,\u201d she wrote in a legal filing. \u201cHe has tried to purchase a gun for \u2018protection\u2019 and I am concerned that he will use this on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams\u2019 bail is set at $5 million. He is due back in court on Monday.<\/p>\n

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