July 30, 11:28 AM · Isabelle Zehnder - Seattle Headlines Examiner
July 30, 2010 - The body found at Riffe Lake in Western Washington may be that of a murder suspect from Colorado.
Sheriff Steve Mansfield of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release Friday stating that on Wednesday, at approximately 6 p.m., the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a recreational boater had found a body on Riffe Lake.
Deputies responded to the scene and discovered the badly decomposed human remains.
It was unknown at that time if the body was male or female but it was believed to be that of an adult.
Detectives processed the scene and have located identification in a backpack next to the body belonging to a 49-year-old Colorado man.
According to Sheriff Mansfield, positive identification has not been made but detectives learned the identification card found belonged to a man wanted for murder from Denver, Colorado.
The wanted man had a connection to Lewis County after his vehicles was found near Blue Lake Campground, outside of Randle, on Monday. At that time, the vehicle was impounded but the suspect was not located.
According to Denver officials, the man was wanted in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, which occurred in March of 2010.
Detectives are working with the Lewis County Coroner to determine cause of death and to make a positive identification.
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