Homeless man fatally beaten at Toppenish camp

Published 2:28 pm Thursday, June 16, 2011

TOPPENISH — Yakima County sheriff’s detectives suspect other residents of a transient camp near Toppenish may be responsible for the beating death of a homeless man who was motionless for four days before anyone called for help.

Det. Stew Graham says Samuel Mosher, 51, died Monday of head injuries he received a week and a half ago.

Graham says deputies were called last week after fellow users of the camp “got tired of him apparently being in their way.”