Police Arrest Fourth Suspect In Lakewood Torture-Homicide

A fourth suspect in a Lakewood torture-homicide was booked into Pierce County Jail this morning, according to The Tacoma News Tribune. Lakewood police has identified him as Randy Harbin.

Investigators believe the still unidentified victim—nicknamed "Cool Aid"—stole the 55-year-old man's car, which contained drugs, the newspaper reported. Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler said the suspect showed up at the County-City Building after a pretrial hearing on an unrelated drug case.

He was arrested on suscpicion of first-degreee murder and first-degree kidnapping, the TNT reported. Lawler said the man told the two other suspects—Maalo Semu Samaota and Aleeya Dawn Freeman—to get his car back and teach the victim a lesson.

A question of whether the older man directed the victim to be tortured and then killed is still under investigation. "We believe he knew either way what happened afterward and didn't bother to talk about it," Lawler told the newspaper.

Samaota, Freeman and Michael Crosman have been charged in the death. Crosman pleaded not guilty to aggravated first-degree murder, and Freeman pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, The Tribune reported.

Police last week in Portland on an arrest warrant. He is waiting to be extradited to Tacoma, facing aggravated first-degree murder charges. Investigators were told by Crosman, 25, that Samaota, 30, wielded a knife and taunted the victim in a Lakewood apartment.

Freeman is believed to have lured the victim into the apartment and Crosman is believed to have videotaped the attack.