Vancouver police make homicide arrest

Victim's body found at Arnold Park

By Craig Brown, Columbian Editor, and

Jessica Prokop, Columbian Local News Editor

Published: August 3, 2017, 4:52pm

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Vancouver police have arrested a man in connection with a homicide that occurred in Arnold Park on July 26.

William D. Peek, 27, was booked into the Clark County Jail on Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to a police news release.

The victim’s name has not been released pending notification of family members.

The male’s body was found in Arnold Park — the nearest cross streets are Northeast St. James and Northeast 42nd — and an autopsy fixed the cause of death as a homicide.

Peek was arrested Thursday by major crimes detectives with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

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He is scheduled to make a first appearance today in Clark County Superior Court.

According to court records, Peek has felony convictions for a 2010 residential burglary and theft of a motor vehicle and 2008 residential burglary.

Additional arrests are possible, police said.

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