Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a Bloomington man Sunday on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in Missouri.
Police arrested 40-year-old Deacon Zelch at his residence Sunday afternoon and booked him at the McLean County Jail, according to county jail records.
Police in the east-central Missouri town of Bourbon reported the death of a 28-year-old Crawford County Missouri man, Edward Hillhouse, on Wednesday and identified Zelch as a person of interest in the case. Hillhouse had been missing since April 2016.
Police had said Zelch frequently visited Crawford County and they said Zelch was believed to be armed and dangerous.
Police haven’t said when Zelch might be brought to Missouri to face charges.
This story was submitted to us by WJBC’s Eric Stock.
