MENDOCINO CO., 12/8/16 — A 28 year old man from San Diego, Abdirahman Said Mohamed, was apprehended yesterday as a suspect in the murder of Laytonville resident Jeffrey Settler. He was arrested by San Diego law enforcement, and Mendocino Sheriff’s detectives have flown to San Diego to continue the investigation. Mohamed was previously reported to be a 25 year old man named “Richie” in the statewide search for the suspects. Several suspects in the homicide remain at large.
Two additional suspects had been arrested, bring the total to three with Mohamed. Gary “Giggles” Fitzgerald, 23, of Roanoke, Illinois, and Zachary Wuester, 24, from Haskell, New Jersey are already in custody. Fitzgerald was taken into custody after turning himself in on November 23 in Ukiah; Wuester surrendered to Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Willits on November 14. Amanda Wiest, 26, was previously named a suspect, but after Wiest contacted MCSO she is now considered to be a victim of kidnapping and is cleared by MCSO of suspicion.
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