Coroner identifies victim of suspected homicide in Shasta Lake
A Shasta Lake man was arrested on suspicion of murder Saturday after he got into an argument with another man at his home.
Shasta County sheriff's deputies were called to a home at 3909 Los Gatos Ave. at about 11:30 a.m. and found a man dead in the home.
On Tuesday afternoon, the coroner's office identified the dead man as Bradley Kent Goodrich, 55, of Shasta Lake.
Sheriff's officials have said Goodrich had injuries "consistent with homicide," but did not say how he was killed.
Peter Attanasio, 52, who lives at the home, told detectives that he got into an argument and fight with the man before officers arrived. Officials did not say what the two men were arguing and fighting about.
Attanasio is being held in Shasta County Jail with no bail. His arraignment was continued to Tuesday in Shasta County Superior Court.
The Shasta County District Attorney's Office said Attanasio is charged with murder and a special allegation of personal use of a deadly weapon.
"It is alleged that Attanasio murdered his boyfriend, Bradley Goodrich," the DA's office said.
The sheriff's office is asking anyone with information about the incident to call the department's Major Crimes Unit at 530-245-6135 or contact it by e-mail at mcu@co.shasta.ca.us
Saturday's killing is at least the second homicide in Shasta Lake since the end of March.
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Dwight Stewart Honeycutt, 58, was arrested and booked into Shasta County Jail on March 31 on suspicion of killing Roberto Eladio Gonzalez, 26, of Cottonwood.
The sheriff's office said a woman called about 11:30 p.m. March 31 to say there was a gunshot victim inside her home in the 3800 block of Pancake Hill in Shasta Lake.
The woman said she and Honeycutt had returned to their home before the shooting and found the man inside.
"The victim was known to them as they are neighbors and had used controlled substances together earlier in the day," the sheriff's office said.
Honeycutt told deputies that he shot Gonzalez because he made advances toward his girlfriend, officials said.
An ambulance took Gonzalez to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, where he died from his injuries.
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