Police arrested four men Tuesday in connection with a Sunday morning homicide in west Olympia.
Detectives located the men and their RV in Clark County on Tuesday evening, Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower said. Olympia police previously asked the public for help locating the RV, a 2001 Jamboree, after it was allegedly spotted leaving the scene of the homicide.
Two men, one 29 and one 59, were booked into the Thurston County jail early Wednesday morning on suspicion of second-degree murder, according to the jail log.
Two other men, one 25 and one 34, were booked on suspicion of first-degree rendering criminal assistance.
Lower said a Clark County sheriff’s deputy found the RV near Vancouver, and another deputy later detained the four men near a salvage yard. Olympia detectives secured the RV and later arrested the men after interviewing them, he said.
The four men reportedly lived in the RV and previously parked in various locations around northwest Olympia, Lower said.
Detectives were still investigating Wednesday in Clark County, he added.
Police responded to the 1800 block of East End Street Northwest, west of Division Street, at about 2 a.m. Sunday after someone reported a body lying in the street. They reported finding a 37-year-old man who appeared to have been stabbed.
Coroner Gary Warnock identified the man as Nathaniel Montoya of Olympia. He said he died due “homicidal violence.”
