One man in custody, another on the run in connection to Miami Co. trail murder
MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — One person is in custody and another man is still on the run in connection to the murder of a man in Miami County.
Conservation officers originally responded to a wooded area on the Okie Pinokie Trail near State Road 124 and Miami County Road 510 East where the body of a man was found. He was later identified as 22-year-old Drake Smith.
Following an investigation, officials determined that the death was a homicide and issued arrest warrants for 21-year-old Ethan Cain and 23-year-old Joshua Kean.
Cain was arrested in California and charged with murder, obstruction of justice and theft.
Kain remains on the loose and faces charges of assisting a criminal, obstruction of justice and theft.
If you have any information in connection to the crime, you are urged to call Indiana State Police at 765-473-6666.