Coroner identifies victim in weekend homicide

ELTOPIA, Wash.-- Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary has identified the man who was found dead on some property near Eltopia Saturday afternoon as Reynaldo Rodriguez-Hernandez, 19.

McGary says investigators are still trying to locate next of kin, and aren't sure where Rodriguez-Hernandez is from.

The victim's body was found by the residents of some property on Tuck Road in Eltopia at around 2:30pm Saturday. Deputies responded to the scene and applied for a warrant to search the property and recover the body.

Commander Rick Rocheleau with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office tells Newsradio 610 KONA that three people are in custody on unrelated warrants, and are persons of interest in the homicide. One additional suspect is still at large.

Anyone with information about the death is asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff's Office through the non-emergency dispatch number at 509-628-0333.