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Oso murder suspect John Reed captured in Mexico

Jul 22, 2016, 11:02 AM | Updated: 4:19 pm

John Reed as he was booked into the PIma County Jail in Arizona. Reed was captured in Mexico July 22, 2016. (Pima County Jail)

(Pima County Jail)

The man charged with murdering an Oso couple was captured while hiding in Mexico.

John Reed was arrested by Mexican authorities Friday morning, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. Mexican police turned him over to American authorities at Arizona-Mexico border.

Reed has been booked into Pima County Jail. His bail bond amount has been set at $5 million.

Related: Murder charges dropped for Tony Reed

It is not yet known when he will be transferred to Washington state to face murder charges.

Reed is one of two brothers who went on the run after married couple Patrick Shunn, 45, and his wife Monique Patenaude, 46, were murdered in April. John was a neighbor to the couple and the Reed brothers were suspected of their murders.

They went on the run and were suspected to have fled to Mexico. Their parents have been charged with rendering aid to them. Tony eventually turned himself in to authorities at the California-Mexico border in May. He also helped local detectives locate the couple’s bodies in the area around their Oso home. It was determined then that the couple was shot with a firearm execution-style.

The brothers were both charged with murder while they were on the run, but after returning to Washington state, Tony’s charges were dropped. He has instead been charged with aiding his brother escape the law and helping John dispose of the bodies. Murder charges for John still stand.

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