casino<\/a>. Tauave told police his girlfriend began to \u201cfuss\u201d while they were gambling, and her complaining continued when they went to leave. He claims she hit him first, and he retaliated.<\/p>\nAbuse Accusations<\/h2>\n
On the day of the incident, the two later entered a silver GMC Yukon, which was parked outside of the gaming property. Tauave again allegedly grabbed her neck. He then shook her, prosecutors claimed. The SUV began to move forward, a passenger door opened, and Letoi fell outside onto the parking lot. There were one-time allegations that she was \u201cviolently removed\u201d from the Yukon.<\/p>\n
Tauave then sped away. He later denied he assaulted Letoi and said she appeared okay a short time later. But soon after the incident, she was transported to a local hospital. She died two days later.<\/strong><\/p>\nAn autopsy said she died of cardiac arrest from emotional distress following a physical altercation. Later toxicology results revealed she had methamphetamine in her body. She also suffered from heart disease.<\/p>\n
Letoi\u2019s family filed a civil lawsuit in Snohomish County Superior Court and in Tulalip Tribal Court. The litigation is against the casino\u2019s security officers, the Tulalip Tribes, and the Tulalip Resort Casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A murder defendant is now a free man after a Washington State charge was dropped last week because of lack of evidence. Hana Letoi,35, of Tacoma, Wash., passed away after injuries at Tulalip Resort Casino on Oct. 23, 2020. Her boyfriend, Nomeneta Tauave, now 34, of Spanaway, Wash., was arrested for second-degree murder. He was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":200828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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