Evidence points to homicide in Washington missing man case

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man is missing and presumed dead after several items of evidence point to a homicide, police said.

A 40-year-old tenant at a rental property in Everett was arrested for investigation of murder and tampering with evidence, KOMO-TV reports.

The male tenant, who was not immediately identified, was being held in the Snohomish County Jail.

The wife of a 67-year-old Mukilteo resident contacted the police Saturday to report her husband missing, the Everett Police Department said.

The woman told police her husband failed to return after checking on the rental property they own in Everett.

Her husband's truck and cell phone were there when she arrived to look for him and she saw a man cleaning blood from the sidewalk, police said.

Officers found blood outside the building and inside the tenant's unit. They later detained the tenant in Marysville, police said.

Police investigators believe the husband was killed at the Everett rental unit before his body was moved.

Investigators did not identify a possible motive for the killing.