Police Arrest Pala Reservation Murder Suspect
Sheriff’s homicide detectives in San Diego arrested a suspect in the July murder of a Pala Indian Reservation teen. A Pala security officer discovered the body of Devin Blackowl, 18, in a dirt lot on July 24.
Detectives believe that the murderer and the victim knew each other, but they have not found a motive behind the slaying.
The 29-year-old slaying suspect was already booked into Central Jail on one count of murder, so detectives did not have to look too far to find him. Sheriff’s homicide Lt. Dennis Brugos said detectives took John Edward Maxcy into custody at Donovan State Prison for an unrelated criminal offense.
Maxcy was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in the North County courthouse in Vista.
Suspect arrested in July slaying on Pala Reservation, SignonSanDiego.com, September 16, 2008
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