SKYKOMISH, Wash. (AP) - A suspect has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Snohomish County man whose body was found along a Skykomish logging road last week.
KOMO-TV reports Brandt Stewart was shot in the head and found by a hiker on Dec. 23, according to his family. His backpack and wallet were missing.
Over the weekend, investigators identified 32-year-old Jeremy Staeheli as the suspect and tracked him to Red Bluff, Calif., said Sgt. Ryan Abbott of the King County Sheriff’s Office.
That was where he was arrested Sunday as he left a hotel room. Staeheli was then booked into jail in California for investigation of murder and is now awaiting extradition back to Washington state, Abbott said.
On Monday, Staeheli was charged in King County Superior Court with second-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Bail is set for $2 million and an arraignment is scheduled for January 13.
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