Associated Press
COOS BAY, Ore. — Police and U.S. Marshals have arrested a person of interest in Seattle in connection with a murder in Coos Bay.
The World reported that Lucas Perkins, 36, was taken into custody Wednesday after someone called 911 saying he was outside a movie theater in north Seattle.
On Sunday, Perkins’ uncle, 64-year-old Richard Perkins, was found dead in a home they shared in Coos Bay. An autopsy showed Richard Perkins died as a result of severe blunt force trauma from a blunt object, a result of homicidal violence.
District Attorney Paul Frasier says Lucas Perkins is not a suspect, but was arrested as a material witness in the case.
Lucas Perkins was taken to King County Jail in Seattle. Frasier says he intends to seek the man’s extradition back to Oregon.
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