Description

Santoso was last seen at his apartment during the evening of February 19, 2001. The apartment is located at the Four Cedars Apartments in the 10000 block of NE 117th Ct in Kirkland, Washington. Other residents of the apartment complex reported hearing breaking glass, banging, thumping, and several screams around 10:45pm on the day Santoso disappeared, followed by the sound of a car speeding away at approximately 11:00pm. Later, the front door to his apartment was found open and a cinder block had been thrown through one of the windows. Blood was found both inside and outside of the apartment. His car was located the following day parked at the Sea-Tac Airport parking garage. The parking receipt was time-stamped 11:51pm. The vehicle had a substantial amount of Santoso's blood inside. There is no indication that Santoso took a flight out of the airport and his passport has not been used since his disappearance. Santoso was declared dead in June 2002. Experts determined from the amount of blood found in his apartment and car that he could not have survived the attack. Santoso is an Indonesian immigrant who moved to the United States about five years prior to his disappearance. He has no family members in the States but was helping to support a large family back in Indonesia. He was employed as a nursing assistant in 2001. Foul play is suspected in his case due to the circumstances involved. In July 2003, Kim Heichel Mason, a former friend of Santoso was convicted of aggravated first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of early release. He has refused to cooperate with police to help locate Santoso's remains.