$500K bail for 2-strikes offender accused of hospitalizing his wife
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- A WA 'two strike' offender charged with assault, strangulation and threats.
- His wife was hospitalized with facial bruises, neck marks and a brain bleed.
- Held on $500,000 bail; another strike conviction could mean life without parole.
A Spokane man accused of a domestic violence attack that left his wife hospitalized is in jail.
The Kennewick Police Department began searching for Kyle Ian Henriksen, 35, two weeks ago.
He is considered a persistent offender with two or more prior serious offenses, which means a new “strike” conviction would carry a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
Kennewick police said Thursday that the department received more than 1,600 tips about Henriksen after a social media post.
Two strikes
Henriksen turned himself into the Benton County jail on Wednesday, Kennewick Police Commander Kelly told the Tri-City Herald. Henriksen was wanted on felony warrants for second-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm, second-degree assault strangulation, harassment with threats to kill or cause bodily injury and a protection order violation. The charges also carry additional penalties for domestic violence against an intimate partner.
He is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Henriksen is considered a “two strike” offender because of his significant criminal history including three convictions for second-degree assault with a deadly weapon in 2009, first-degree robbery in 2012 and attempting to elude police in 2013. He also has a dozen warrants from Spokane County from 2013 to 2019, according to court documents.
Assault at Kennewick hotel
On Feb. 4, Kennewick police were called about 9 p.m. about domestic violence assault at the Comfort Suites hotel, 3703 Plaza Way. When officers arrives, they learned Henriksen had allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened to kill her, according to a social media post from the agency.
Hotel staff reported a woman was cowering in a corner, with bruising on her eyes so severe that they were almost swollen shut.
She told officers their trailer had broken down, and they made their way to the hotel. While having dinner nearby they started arguing. Henriksen called her “scum” and said “everything was her fault,” according to court documents.
Once they got back to the hotel he allegedly began hitting her, yelling, “You’re dead!”
She told investigators that Henriksen was hitting her with “anything and everything he could get his hands on” and she thought he was going to kill her.
She was unable to call 911 because he had taken her phone, according to court documents.
At some point she was able to run out of the room and to the lobby where hotel staff helped her.
Henriksen fled before officers arrived.
His wife was taken to Trios Medical Center for treatment, where staff noticed red marks around her neck.
She told officers she couldn’t remember if he had choked her that night, but had in the past. She later remembered that she was choked to the point of losing consciousness.
She also said he had assaulted her before and at one point shot a gun in her direction. That resulted in a no contact order in Spokane County Superior Court last year, according to court documents.
When officers told her they would continue the investigation, she told them she was afraid she would be dead if they did.
“She went on to tell law enforcement that if her husband didn’t kill her, his previous cellmates would,” court documents said.
Hospital staff determined that she had sustained multiple facial bruises and a brain bleed that required her to be transferred to Kadlec Regional Medical Center for a neurological consultation.
When officers searched the hotel room they found a coffee table was out of place and there was vomit and blood.
The next day, officers noted that her face was so swollen that they couldn’t see the whites of her eyes or the pupils, and she had scratch marks on her neck.
This story was originally published February 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM.
