A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the home-invasion robbery and slaying of Charles N. Moore.
Caleb Eugene Soucy, 28, of Vancouver made a first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on Tuesday on suspicion of being an accomplice to first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment.
Superior Court Judge Roger Bennett set bail at $1 million and appointed attorney Mike Foister to represent him.
Prosecutors allege Soucy was one of the masked men who accompanied slaying suspect Douglas Alan Marquis to Moore’s home in the 5300 block of Northeast St. James Road last Dec. 13. Marquis is accused of fatally shooting Moore, while two or three masked men are suspected of robbing and ransacking the home, where two of the victim’s roommates also were present.
Marquis was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder,0 among other charges.
Court records indicate one of the roommates was pistol-whipped by one of the intruders — alleged to be Soucy — when he didn’t answer a question appropriately.
Prosecutors allege the same anonymous witnesses who reported Marquis bragged about the killing afterward also implicated Soucy in the crime. One of the witnesses reported seeing Soucy enter Moore’s home and detain the roommate in a back room, according to court documents.
“Witness No. 7 stated they saw Caleb flee Charlie Moore’s (home) moments after Charlie was killed,” according to a probable cause affidavit filed by Vancouver police Detective Lawrence Zapata.
In addition, cell phone records — which reportedly showed Marquis was in the area of Moore’s home at the time of the killing — showed Soucy was in the area, too, according to court records.
Both Soucy and Marquis will be arraigned Friday.
