Update: U.S. Marshals Capture Main Suspect in Torture-Homicide

Federal marshals on Friday arrested a suspect in the killing of a man who was tortured in a videotaped attack last summer, Lakewood Police said.

Maalo Semu Samaota, 30, was arrested in the Portland area and is being held in the Multnomah County Jail on a murder warrant, said Lakewood Police spokesman Lt. Chris Lawler.

Pierce County prosecutors charged Samaota with aggravated first-degree murder in the July death of the man, whose identity is still unknown.

Lakewood homicide detectives have traveled to Multnomah County to question Samaota about the homicide. The extradition process will be started next week, Lawler said.

Lakewood police didn’t have additional information about the arrest. The Oregonian reported that Samaota was arrested at the Gresham home of a relative.

Samaota was a featured case on "Washington's Most Wanted" website.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged two other people in the killing, which police say was motivated by drugs and revenge.

Lakewood Police arrested Michael Edward Crosman, 25, on March 31. He is charged with aggravated first-degree murder and is being held in the Pierce County Jail on $5 million bail. He is suspected of videotaping the attack. Aleeya Dawn Freeman was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder; bail was set at $2 million, according to the Pierce County Superior Court website. The Tacoma News Tribune reported that prosecutors allege Freeman lured the victim to the Lakewood apartment where he was tortured.

A 19-minute video obtained by detectives shows a man believed to be Samaota taunting and torturing a bound man with a knife.

The victim's body was found March 10 near a hiking trail at Harts Lake in Roy, said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. The remains have not yet been identified.

A conviction for aggravated murder is punishable by death or life in prison without parole.