Man wanted for questioning in beach slayings

cnn ^ | 8-24-04

[PinnedAndRecessed]

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) -- A 21-year-old Wisconsin man was being sought for questioning in the mysterious shooting deaths of two camp counselors, according to a newspaper report.

Sonoma County detectives sent out a statewide alert Monday seeking Nicholas Edward Scarseth, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Tuesday.

"We have information he may have been in the area at the time of the incident," Sheriff's Lt. Dave Edmonds told the newspaper. "He could have information related to the case."

Edmonds wouldn't say why detectives are interested in Scarseth.

Scarseth was stopped on Friday by police in Fort Bragg -- about 100 miles north of Jenner, where Lindsay Cutshall, 23, and her fiance, Jason Allen, 26, were found last week shot to death in their sleeping bags.

Sonoma County officials had sent out an alert for someone matching Scarseth's description. Fort Bragg police notified officials in Sonoma County on Sunday that they had talked with Scarseth. Edmonds said he did not know why Scarseth was stopped.

Cutshall, of Fresno, Ohio, and Allen, of Zeeland, Michigan, were reported missing August 16 after they failed to show up at a Christian adventure camp in Jenner, about 40 miles east of Sacramento. They had been working as whitewater rafting guides for the summer.

Their bodies were discovered Wednesday a few miles away.

[MinuteGal]

It's stated the suspect was stopped by cops a hundred miles away from the crime scene.

Are we to assume this person was asked a couple questions and then allowed to proceed?

Either the reporter didn't follow through and it's shoddy reporting....or the LE isn't talking.

Leni

[Catspaw]

Scarseth's criminal history consists of misdemeanors and muncipal forfeitures.


http://wcca.wicourts.gov/pager.do;jsessionid=0C28550C794D2BD055E259D02E7579BC.render4?cacheId=77285BE50ED8DB7701EEEBF9D38CADE7&offset=0&sortColumn=0&sortDirection=DESC

[vikingchick]

However, she [Scarseth's mother] also said her son, who was raised Roman Catholic and attended Bible school, harbors anger towards religious people.

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Scarseth, who's described as 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds, wears his dirty blonde hair in long dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a dark trench coat, dark shorts, a light colored T-shirt and a broad-brimmed black hat, according to the alert. He also was carrying a black duffel bag with reflective tape on it.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/24/state1335EDT0061.DTL

[vikingchick]

click here for photo of man wanted for questioning