Police have arrested a third person in connection with the murder of a Tennessee man who was affiliated with the Inland Empire religious group “His Way Spirit Led Assemblies.”
Ramon Ruiz Duran Jr., 44, was arrested in Nashville on Monday, Jan. 12, when detectives traveled to Tennessee, according to a statement from the Redlands Police Department. He was taken into custody at his place of work with help from the Metro Nashville Police Department, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Duran was transported back to San Bernardino County and booked at the West Valley Detention Center for murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He remains behind bars in lieu of $1 million bail.
CBS LA spoke with Duran’s nephew, a former member of the religious group, who provided an in-depth look at the group’s inner workings in December after their leaders were charged in two separate murder investigations. He said that he wasn’t surprised by his uncle’s involvement in the incident…