A man believed to be connected with last Saturday’s triple killing in Lewis County was arrested in Redmond early Sunday morning and is now in custody of Lewis County authorities.

Ryan J. McCarthy was arrested by the Department of Corrections (DOC) around 1 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22 for a parole violation because of his possible involvement in the triple homicide, according to DOC spokesperson Chad Lewis, who said he did not know what role McCarthy is suspected of playing in the slayings.

Lewis said DOC investigators found and arrested McCarthy at a woman’s house on Northeast 95th Street. Lewis went on to say that he did not know what kind of relationship the woman had with McCarthy, who was transported to Lewis County Jail on Monday.

McCarthy was released from Stafford Creek Correction Center in Aberdeen July 29 after serving time for drug convictions, Lewis said. McCarthy was under community supervision out of DOC’s Tacoma office before he was arrested for his connection with the killings. McCarthy was tracked to Redmond, where he was staying with “a female acquaintance,” Lewis said.

According to a news release issued by the Lewis County Sheriff’s office, the prime suspect in Saturday’s triple murder, John Allen Booth, Jr., was arrested in Spokane Wednesday evening.

Police announced earlier this week they believed Booth may have been headed for Seattle.

However, at approximately 6:25 p.m. members of the Eastern Washington Fugitive Task Force arrested Booth at a residence in the 1900 block of Gordon Street in Spokane.

Booth was transported to the Spokane County Jail.