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Suspect in 1992 Oregon slaying arrested near Vegas

The Columbian
Published: February 21, 2012, 4:00pm

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a 51-year-old man is jailed in Las Vegas pending his return in custody to Oregon to face murder and other charges in a slaying more than 19 years ago.

Records show that Thomas Colbert was held Wednesday at the Clark County jail pending an extradition hearing before a Nevada state court judge.

Police say Colbert was arrested Friday after he was found living in Indian Springs, 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Colbert and 46-year-old George Bogan were indicted Feb. 7 in Grant County, Ore., in the October 1992 disappearance of 36-year-old Danny Sweet near Mitchell, Ore.

Sweet’s bones were found in January 1996 on range land near Mount Vernon, Ore. His death was ruled a homicide.

Police say Bogan was arrested in Roseburg Ore.

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