Jan 4, 2009 4:57 pm US/Pacific
Monte Rio Man Allegedly Beat Roommate To Death
MONTE RIO (BCN) ―
A 46-year-old man suspected of killing his roommate in the community of Monte Rio near Guerneville by striking him multiple times in the skull with a blunt instrument Friday has been arrested, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.
On Friday, a woman contacted the Monte Rio Fire Department and said a man, later identified as Brett Matz, had just left her business after telling her he killed his roommate.
The business owner told fire personnel Matz was last seen walking adjacent the fire department toward Starrett Hill.
Fire department staff looked toward Starrett Hill and saw Matz leaning over a roadside guardrail on Middle Terrace Road, according to the sheriff's department. They believed he was in distress and contacted him in the 9000 block of Middle Terrace Road. He allegedly told fire personnel he had killed his roommate.
A Monte Rio Fire Department employee walked to Matz' residence and forcibly entered to check on the roommate's welfare. The body of the roommate was located inside. Fire personnel remained at the home with Matz and summoned law enforcement.
The name of the victim and the cause of death are being withheld pending further investigation and notification of next of kin.
Matz is being held without bail at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility in Santa Rosa, according to the sheriff's department.
At about 3:50 p.m., sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the home. Once deputies determined the death was suspicious they detained Matz and requested detectives from the sheriff's department violent crimes unit, along with the crime scene investigations unit.
Detectives worked through the night and into the morning conducting interviews and processing the crime scene.
Matz' roommate appeared to have been struck multiple times with a blunt force instrument to the skull causing massive head trauma, according to information gathered by detectives.
The name of the victim and the cause of death are being withheld pending further investigation and notification of next of kin.
Matz is being held without bail at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility in Santa Rosa, according to the sheriff's department.
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