Josephine County: Murder suspect in custody following 5-month manhunt

Laredo, Tx — After a five month manhunt 24-year-old Marshall William McKenna is in jail in Texas.

McKenna is accused of killing Roger L. Huntington of Crescent City on October 23, 2015. Huntington’s body was found in his vehicle on the banks of Lake Selmac in Josephine County.

Oregon State Police detectives arrested Carroll Ballard and Blake Sibley of Texas on charges of Murder and Robbery in the same case.

McKenna, of Ponder, Texas was taken into custody  on April 2nd. He’s lodged in Webb County Jail in Laredo, Texas.

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