RANDLE — A 58-year-old Federal Way man is dead after being beaten in Lewis County, and a relative has been arrested for investigation of second-degree murder.
Lewis County sheriff’s deputies said Monday they learned of the assault when they received a phone call from Morton General Hospital on Sunday. The victim was driven away from the hospital in a private car and brought to a hospital in Federal Way, but did not survive.
Chief sheriff’s deputy Stacy Brown says the man’s 42-year-old relative, Erik Robert Massa, was arrested Sunday for investigation of second-degree murder in the assault.
The attack occurred Saturday night in Randle.
An autopsy was being conducted on the victim Monday at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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