MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Police are launching a homicide investigation after a body was found in Skagit County.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports police believe 67-year-old Howard Benzel of Mukilteo was killed over the weekend after visiting a tenant he was renting to in Everett.
Benzel’s remains were found Monday near Highway 9 between Highway 534 and Big Lake Boulevard.
The 40-year-old suspect is being held in the Snohomish County Jail.