Muslim Black Teen Gets Lynched In Seattle; Found Hanging In The Woods; Family Looking For Answers

Muslim Black Teen Gets Lynched In Seattle; Found Hanging In The Woods; Family Looking For Answers

There was a muslim black teen who got lynched in seattle. Found hanging in the woods. A Lake Stevens family is asking the FBI to investigate the death of their teenage son. The young man, an African-American Muslim, was found hanged in the woods. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Ben Keita was 18 years old. In November he was reported missing. He left without his car, wallet or phone. Ibrahima Keita describes his son Ben as a happy, generous young man with plans for his life. “He was planning to graduate this year from Lake Stevens High School,” said Keita. “He was already in the Running Start program at Everett Community College and he was dreaming of becoming a medical doctor and work as a medical examiner. Now those dreams are over.” More than a month after his disappearance, Ben Keita’s body was found in the woods near the neighborhood. Initially the case was ruled a suicide, but the Snohomish County Medical Examiner later changed the classification to undetermined. Ibrahima Keita said his son has no history of mental illness. “No history of depression, anxiety, any psychological break down at all, so he was a very young, happy young man.” The Keita family is asking the public to come forward with information that could help investigators. Arsalan Bukhari of the Council on Islamic American Relations, or CAIR-Washington, has also asked the FBI to step in and thoroughly investigate the case. “We want to make sure that the expertise, the experience, and the human resources of the FBI are brought in to make sure that everything is comprehensively investigated, no stone is left unturned and we really want to get answers about what may have happened,” said Bukhari. In a statement, the FBI says it’s reviewing the Keita case. If warranted, it may conduct further investigation. The family of an 18-year-old African American Muslim is pleading to the public to come forward if they have any information about the death of their son who died under very mysterious circumstances. Investigators with the Lake Stevens Police Department found Ben Moussa Keita hanging from a tree in a small wood in January. The teen had been missing since Nov. 26 but his body was not discovered until January. The death of Keita was first ruled a suicide but the medical examiner changed the cause of death to “undetermined.” An “undetermined” cause of death means that not enough information about the circumstances surrounding is available or “where known information equally supports, or conflicts with, more than one manner or death,” according to the Snohomish medical examiner's website. The change comes due to the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Keita’s body. According to the Washington chapter of CAIR, the teen was found hanging from a rope 50 feet above the ground. The area, which is near the Keita's home, was thoroughly searched by the police twice before the body was discovered by a group of teens passing through. These two factors lead the coroner to believe the death might not have been suicide, particularly since Keita’s family asserts he was not suicidal. “Ben was very happy young man,” the teen’s father, Ibrahimi Keita, said. “He was already in the running start program going to Everett Community College. No history of depression or anxiety, any psychological breakdown at all whatsoever.” Arsalan Bukhari, the executive director of CAIR, asked the FBI to investigate. "There were searches [for Keita] done on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and at least one with a K9. There was a helicopter search on Dec. 7," he said. "Either the searches were missing something or the body was missing." “We just want to make sure that the expertise, the experience and the human resources of the FBI are brought to make sure everything is comprehensively investigated, no stone is left unturned,” he added. "We are aware of circumstances of the individual’s death and will review them with consideration of federal law,” the FBI.

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