On August 27, 2020, at approximately 3:40 AM in Kent, Washington, 23-year-old Cordante Walker intentionally ran over his 23-year-old live-in girlfriend, Lourdes Keimolan, with his 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix following an argument in a suburban residential neighborhood. Neighboring witnesses observed Walker screaming at Keimolan, dumping the contents of her purse into the street, accelerating toward her, striking her, and running her over multiple times. An armed neighbor attempted to intervene by pointing a firearm and firing shots at the car's tire to prevent Walker from leaving. Walker forcibly dragged Keimolan's limp body into his vehicle and fled to the parking lot of a nearby chiropractic clinic/church on 104th Avenue, where he abandoned her body. First responders located Keimolan deceased at the scene with fatal vehicular trauma as well as antemortem facial bite marks, a cut lip, and facial bruising inflicted prior to death. Walker fled on foot, leaving behind a shoe and phone, but was apprehended nearby by Kent police. During interrogation, Walker claimed the incident was an accident caused by mechanical steering issues and alleged he only slapped, punched, and bit Keimolan in an attempt to revive her. In March 2024, Walker was convicted of felony murder in the first degree and sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Country: United States
State/Province: Washington, United States
City/Region: Kent
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Live-in relationship
Relationship Duration: 2 years
Incident Date: Aug. 27, 2020
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Tangled Web Interrogations · Original language: English
Boyfriend Accidentally Says Something Only The Killer Would Know
Domestic Violence
The relationship demonstrated a severe pattern of coercive control, verbal degradation, and physical abuse that escalated to extreme lethal violence. Prior to the homicide, the suspect exhibited violent behavior in previous relationships, including a 2018 domestic violence protection order filed by an ex-girlfriend. Within his relationship with Lourdes Keimolan, the suspect frequently kicked her out of their shared home, threw her personal belongings out the door, and used abusive language. The fatal incident unfolded when severe interpersonal conflict culminated in intentional physical assault and deliberate vehicular homicide.
Kent Police Department officers responded to 911 calls reporting a hit-and-run and gunshots around 3:40 AM on August 27, 2020. Surveillance footage and eyewitness statements established that Cordante Walker dumped Keimolan's purse, intentionally ran her over with his Pontiac Grand Prix, dragged her body into the vehicle, and fled. Keimolan's body was dumped behind a chiropractic clinic on 104th Avenue. Autopsy findings confirmed antemortem physical assault, including facial bites and bruising inflicted prior to death, contradicting Walker's claim that he was attempting CPR or resuscitation. Walker was apprehended near the scene, charged with first-degree murder and firearm possession, and sentenced in March 2024 to 17 years in prison.
During interrogation, Cordante Walker presented inconsistent and fabricated narratives, claiming that Keimolan jumped in front of his car accidentally, that his car suffered from sudden steering failure, and that he only slapped, punched, and bit her face to wake her up when she lost consciousness. He also attempted to framed an armed bystander who fired warning shots at his tires as an aggressor, claiming the bystander forced him to flee.
On August 26, 2020, Walker and Keimolan celebrated her 23rd birthday by going shopping, dining in Bellevue, and visiting her family home, where heavy drinking occurred. Late that night, an argument erupted upon returning to their residential area in Kent East Hill. Walker exited the car, dumped Keimolan's purse into the road, accelerated toward her in his vehicle, and ran her over repeatedly. A neighbor pulled a firearm and fired at the tires, but Walker dragged Keimolan into the passenger seat and drove to a clinic parking lot, where he physically assaulted her further and abandoned her body before being arrested nearby by Kent police.
The case illustrates critical risk factors associated with intimate partner homicide, including a documented history of prior domestic violence against previous partners, established coercive control and eviction dynamics within the current relationship, and severe physical escalation. The offender's willingness to commit fatal violence in public, ignore armed bystander intervention, and abandon the victim's body highlights an exceptionally high risk profile driven by anger, lack of remorse, and post-incident deception.
Prior domestic violence incidents and protection orders are high-reliability indicators of potential severe future intimate partner violence. Post-incident interrogation statements that fabricate mechanical failure or framed CPR efforts to account for physical injuries can be effectively disproved through objective surveillance video, bystander eyewitness testimony, and forensic pathology detailing antemortem injuries.
Early signals included Walker's previous 2018 domestic violence protection order for assaulting an ex-girlfriend, as well as a chronic history in his relationship with Lourdes Keimolan of kicking her out of their apartment, verbally abusing her, and throwing her belongings outside.
Key clues included scattered items from Keimolan's purse and car keys in the middle of the road, eyewitness reports of a vehicle deliberately accelerating toward a victim, surveillance video contradicting the suspect's claim of where the assault occurred, and antemortem bite marks and facial injuries noted during the autopsy.
Strong evidence included neighborhood surveillance video showing the collision and body dragging, multi-witness 911 calls and statements, forensic pathology proving antemortem facial trauma and bite marks, physical evidence recovered from the Pontiac Grand Prix, and recorded police interrogation footage containing self-incriminating contradictions.
A residential neighbor reported waking up around 3:40 AM to loud screaming across the street, observing Walker dumping Keimolan's purse contents into the road, seeing Walker intentionally accelerate his car and run Keimolan over multiple times, and attempting to hold Walker at gunpoint by firing shots at his tires before Walker dragged Keimolan into his vehicle and sped away.
Initial claims by Walker that the incident was an accidental hit-and-run combined with panic were disproved after video footage showed deliberate acceleration and physical dragging of the victim, while medical examination established antemortem physical assault prior to death.
No significant investigative facts remain unresolved, as the offender was fully identified, tried, convicted of felony murder in the first degree, and sentenced to 17 years in prison in March 2024.