Cowlitz County man accused of killing and hiding tenant’s body in barrel

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — New details have emerged in the case of a Cowlitz County man who allegedly killed someone and hid the body on his property.

The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deceased victim as 71-year-old Dennis Eugene Schmitt on Wednesday.

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As KOIN 6 News previously reported, 67-year-old Ricky Dean Miller was arrested Dec. 16 after admitting to a family member that he killed someone and hid the body in the 3600 block of Old Lewis River Road in Woodland, Wash.

During a search of the property, detectives found Schmitt’s body hidden inside a barrel. An autopsy revealed that he had suffered multiple blunt-force injuries to the head and had been strangled.

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