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Three men arrested in connection with creek homicides
JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County - Homicide detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office have arrested three men in connection with the shooting deaths of two men whose bodies were dumped by a rural creek.
The men are in jail on unrelated charges as detectives are waiting to meet with prosecutors some time today or early tomorrow to seek murder charges for the deaths of Harvey Sims Jr., 54, and Nathan E. Gay, 49, sheriff’s investigators said.
The suspects’ names are not being released at this time.
Gay and Harvey were found dead Friday morning, Feb. 26, near a section of Bear Creek that runs perpendicular to the 2700 block of Germantown Liberty Road.
They had multiple gunshot wounds, including at least one round to the head and their bodies were meticulously placed near the creek, about 40 yards from the road.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Scott Landis is not releasing any possible motives for the crimes and would not say if the victims and suspects knew each other.
Two of the men were arrested by Riverside police early this morning and then turned over to the sheriff’s officer, investigators said. The third suspect was arrested by sheriff’s detectives at his home less than two miles from where Sims’ and Gay’s bodies were found.
All face tampering with evidence charges, but those are just the initial booking charges so the men can be held while detectives discuss the case with prosecutors. Prosecutors have 48 hours to approve the charges before the men must be released.
Sims and Gay are the eighth and ninth homicide victims in the county this year. You can track the investigation into their deaths and all others since 2008 by clicking here.
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