Arrest made in Franklin County murder
UPDATE 1/29/2019: The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the alleged murder of 31-year-old Wilden Lovin.
35-year-old Marlin McQueen of Preston has been arrested.
Sheriff David Fryar says, “After four days of vigorous investigation our office has arrested Marlin McQueen of Preston, for causing the death of Wilden Lovin. McQueen is in custody and being housed in the Cache County jail pending official charges to be filed tomorrow. McQueen will be arraigned on those charges tomorrow also and bond will be set. At this time he is being held without bond. The arrest came after a day of intense interviewing by our team of investigators. There is a autopsy scheduled tomorrow in Boise which will give the actual cause of death.
A special thanks to the Preston Police Department, Bannock County Sheriff’s Office, Bingham County Sheriff’s office, Idaho State Police and of course my tremendous staff at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.”
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has spent the last two days evaluating evidence and contacting people who may have information in the death of 31-year-old Wilden Lovin.
Deputies were called to a home on Saturday night after someone discovered the body of Lovin.
Deputies were not sure if it was a death because of natural causes or suicide but later ruled it a homicide.
“There is a lot of folks working on this. We’re not going to stop until we get to where we hope we can with an arrest and get it solved,” said Sheriff David Fryar. “But we are sure it is a homicide.”
Wilden worked at the Trails West Trailer Manufacturing plant in Preston.
His friends describe him as a quiet kind man.
“He was a real-mellow kid. Calm, Quiet about as friendly a person as you could ever come around,” said Taydn Flippence, a friend of Lovin’s “And yeah, it kind of surprised everybody that it happened, but I don’t know.”
Authorities are not releasing the cause of death until after an autopsy is completed.
They say they have a wealth of forensic evidence and have people of interest.
No suspects have been arrested.
Sheriff Fryar says he does not think the community is in any continued danger.
“I personally, I mean, I don’t want to say people shouldn’t be cautious, they should always be cautious. But I don’t think there is a great alarm that we have got a killer running around that’s going to come and you know,” said Fryar “I think we should be cautious, but I don’t think anyone needs to be overly alarmed.”
Sheriff Fryar wants to remind everyone to always lock their doors.
