Names released of 4 who died in Seattle fire, 3 deaths ruled homicide, 1 suicide

SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of four people found dead Saturday after a house fire in Seattle over the weekend and ruled three of them homicides. The medical examiner said Wednesday that 40-year-old Lana A. Stewart died from multiple sharp-force injuries, 7-year-old Sebastino Ragusa died from asphyxia from the inhalation of toxic products of combustion; and 4-month-old Valentina Ragusa died from smoke inhalation. The medical examiner said Tuesday that Salvatore Ragusa died from smoke inhalation, and his death was ruled a suicide. The Seattle Times reports Ragusa completed a mental health program last year after setting fire to Stewart’s Seattle apartment in 2019.