Suspect arrested in fatal Clackamas County stabbing

MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect in a fatal stabbing near Milwaukie has been taken into custody.

KPTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2exq0PK ) that Dean Boettcher was arrested in Oklahoma on Saturday night.

Boettcher is accused of stabbing 50-yaer-old Matthew Tibbons at a home late Tuesday. Timmons died of multiple stab wounds.

Investigators say Tibbons was Boettcher’s roommate.

Oklahoma police say Boettcher was found in Garvin County, Oklahoma, at about 10 p.m. Saturday.

Boettcher’s 2010 Mini Cooper was also found, and is being held as evidence.

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Information from: KPTV-TV, http://www.kptv.com/