By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has booked an individual into jail for first-degree murder.
Jack Arnold Silverthorne was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 7:50 p.m. last night, according to the jail log.
No further information is available right now as to what death it is related to, or even if the booking is related to a current case.
However, the sheriff’s office has two outstanding homicides:
Guy LaFontaine, 58, of Federal Way, died from injuries following an assault the evening of March 13 at the 11,000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Randle, according to the sheriff’s office.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a relative, Erik R. Massa, 42, of Randle, and booked him into jail for second-degree murder. He was then released before being charged with any crime.
Austin King, 16, of Morton, was found dead on July 20 off a logging road a month after he disappeared from his home.
His body was found some 10 miles from the family’s home in the Tilton River Mobile Home Park. Austin did not have a car, according to the sheriff’s office. It took until mid-August for authorities to confirm, though DNA, it was indeed the teenager.
Early last month, the Lewis County Coroner’s Office said the manner of death was homicide but would not release Austin’s cause of death.
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