September 2, 2021 4:30 a.m. 

Detectives have arrested a third suspect in the murder of a Camas Valley man.

Sergeant Brad O’Dell of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday, deputies contacted 40-year Dustan Conn of Roseburg at a business on Garden Valley Boulevard. O’Dell said Conn had been identified as a person of interest in the murder investigation of 41-year old James Hood. Detectives responded and spoke with Conn, who was later arrested and lodged in the Douglas County Jail on the charge of murder in the second degree.

O’Dell said two other suspects, 35-year old Ashley Reynolds of Roseburg, and 33-year old William McClure of Winston, were previously arrested and charged in connection with the murder.

DCSO began investigating Hood’s disappearance on August 16th when family members reported not hearing from him since March 11th.

Detectives conducted interviews and learned that Hood had been murdered in a barn on Raleigh Drive near Winston, and that his body remained on the property. Detectives obtained a search warrant for a property in the 500 block of Raleigh Drive on August 17th and located a body believed to be Hood. The Oregon State Medical Examiners Office conducted an autopsy on August 19th and determined that Hood was the victim of foul play and died of homicidal violence.

The Douglas County Major Crimes Team is continuing the investigation.

Conn is being held without bail.