PERU, Ind. (AP) - Indiana State Police say one of two suspects in the slaying of a man whose body was found on a northern Indiana trail has been arrested in southern California.
They say a police tactical team took 21-year-old Ethan Cain of Marion into custody Monday morning at a campground in Imperial County, California.
Cain faces charges of murder, obstruction of justice, and theft in the death of 22-year-old Drake Allan Smith of Summitville. His body was found May 19 in a wooded area on the Okie Pinokie Trail east of Peru.
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Miami County Coroner Tom Leedy says Smith died of massive head trauma and was found wearing only boxer shorts.
Police say a second suspect who had been seen with Cain remains at large.
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