KENNEWICK, Wash.-
Kennewick Police are currently searching for the third suspect wanted in connection to a 2018 murder.
According to the KPD the murder was a targeted home invasion robbery and involved multiple suspects. KPD has been investigating the case since 2018 and three main suspects have been identified.
In April of 2022 23-year-old Lawrence Isiah Groce was arrested after a drive-by shooting in King County. Detectives were able to connect Groce to the murder in Kennewick and the Benton County Prosecutor’s Office eventually charged him with first degree murder.
KPD’s investigation into Groce led to probable cause being developed for the arrest of a second suspect, 21-year-old Warnell Eniko Joseph Braxton. On June 16, 2022 Braxton was charged with murder in the first degree.
The third suspect in the 2018 murder, a 23-year-old male, has an active warrant out for his arrest on suspicion of first degree murder.
According to the KPD the suspect has made contact with the Benton County Prosecutor’s Office to confirm that he is wanted, but he has not turned himself in.
