Ricardo ChaneyGRANTS PASS, Ore. – A suspect in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy in California has been linked to the case of a 79-year-old man who was shot and killed before his body was found by officials responding to a fire, authorities said Thursday.
Ricardo Antonio Chaney, 32, was called a person of interest because he knew the family of victim George Bundy Wasson, Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said.
She said Chaney was not considered a suspect.
McLaughlin would not divulge any details of the slaying, other than that Wasson was shot and killed, and lived in a big house.
Authorities responding to the fire around 12:36 a.m. Wednesday in Eugene found Wasson’s body. The fire was started after he was killed, according to authorities.