KENT, Wash. (TCN) — A suspect is in custody four years after the disappearance and presumed death of 36-year-old Austin Leming, authorities said.
Police identified the suspect as Brian Mares, 46. He was arrested Nov. 17 and charged with second-degree murder, according to the Kent Reporter. Charging documents allege Mares killed Leming after an argument in December 2021 and tried to destroy the evidence.
Leming’s mother reported him missing after he stopped answering her phone calls in late 2021. Detectives later learned he had been staying at Mares’ apartment, the last place his cellphone location displayed…