UPDATE: Detectives Continue to Seek Witnesses and Information
Can You Help Identify the 3 Potential Witnesses or this Vehicle?
Spokane Valley Major Crimes Detective Marc Melville continues to investigate a fatal fight that occurred in the parking lot of Ichabod’s East on December 29, 2019.
Detective Melville would like to talk to the three individuals, observed on video surveillance, arriving at the location in what appears to be a light or silver-colored, 4-door passenger car, possibly a Honda Civic or similar body style.
During the fatal altercation or soon after, the driver looks back over his shoulder as he runs from the tavern and drives away in the vehicle.
It is our hope, one or all three of the individuals in this video, will do the right thing and contact Detective Melville on their own to assist in this investigation.
Also, Investigators renew their request for anyone with information regarding this fight which left one man dead or can help identify the three individuals in the video, is urged to contact Detective Marc Melville at 509-477-3325.
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Previous Press Release from January 6, 2020:
Detectives Investigating Fatal Fight in Tavern Parking Lot Seek Information
Spokane Valley Major Crimes Detective Marc Melville would like to talk to any potential witnesses who may have information leading up to or after a fight, which took place on December 29, 2019, in the parking lot of Ichabod’s East. The victim who remained hospitalized since the fight, died Friday due to his injuries.
On December 29, 2019, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Spokane Valley Deputies responded to the report of a male lying in the parking lot of Ichabod’s Tavern located at 12116 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley. The caller stated the victim had been assaulted and was lying on the ground, possibly passed out. The suspect reportedly had left the scene.
Responding Deputies located the unconscious 40-year-old victim lying in the parking lot. The victim, bleeding heavily from his head and face, was transported to a hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries where he remained until succumbing to his injuries Friday evening.
Through the investigation, the suspect was later identified as 38-year-old Joseph R. W. Riley. Investigators arrested Riley on January 2, 2020, and booked him into the Spokane County Jail for Assault 1st Degree.
Detective Melville continues to investigate this incident and would like to talk to anyone who may have information regarding what lead up to this fatal encounter, who witnessed the fight itself, or what may have been said about it in the following days.
If you were at Ichabod’s Tavern on December 28, 2019, after approximately 10:30 p.m. and observed Riley at the establishment prior to him joining two adult females and the victim inside, what took place in the parking lot around closing time, or have any information regarding this incident, you are asked to call Detective Melville at 509-477-3325.
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