Suspect in deadly Seattle carjacking has 8 prior felonies

Accused carjacker has history of violence

Jahmed Haynes is facing murder, assault and animal cruelty charges in connection to the deadly carjacking of a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker.

SEATTLE - The man arrested in connection to a carjacking that killed an 80-year-old woman in Seattle's Madison Valley neighborhood has a history of violence, court records show.

Jahmed Kamal Haynes, 48, is accused of pushing beloved dog walker Ruth Dalton from her car and running her over, killing her. He's also accused of stabbing Dalton's dog to death and dumping his body in a park.

Haynes was arrested by SWAT on Wednesday. Seattle Police said Haynes has eight prior felonies and a history of mental health concerns.

One of those felonies was for a vehicular homicide back in 1993. Court documents show he killed a man while drunk driving in the Capitol Hill neighborhood at 50 mph.

According to official records, Haynes crossed a center line, drove onto a sidewalk, and hit two parked cars. After the fatal crash, Haynes jumped into a taxi and fled to the Youth Services Detention Center, where police later arrested him.

Haynes "drove his vehicle into the driver’s side of another occupied vehicle, effectively ejecting the driver," and killing him, court documents state. His reported blood alcohol level was .12

Jahmed Kamal Haynes (2017)

Haynes pleaded guilty and only served 17 months for the deadly hit-and-run, supervised by the Department of Corrections' Special Needs Unit until his release. Haynes was also arrested in 1999, and his last arrest in King County was in 2005.

Crime scene investigators in hazmat suits searched Haynes' last known residence in Capitol Hill on Wednesday after his arrest.