Third Arrest in Camas Valley Murder, Sept. 3

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – Detectives have arrested a third suspect in the murder of a Camas Valley man. On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, deputies contacted 40-year-old Dustan Allan Conn of Roseburg at a business on Garden Valley Boulevard. Conn had been identified as a person of interest in the murder investigation of 41-year-old James Leroy Hood of Camas Valley. Detectives responded and spoke with Conn, who was later arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Murder in the Second Degree. Two other suspects, 35-year-old Ashley Tyshanne Reynolds of Roseburg and 33-year-old William Levi McClure of Winston were previously arrested and charged in connection to the murder. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Detectives began investigating Hood’s disappearance on Monday, August 16, 2021 when family members reported not hearing from him since March 11, 2021. Detectives conducted interviews and learned that Hood had been murdered in a barn on Raleigh Drive and that his body remained on the property. Detectives obtained a search warrant for a property located in the 500-block of Raleigh Drive near Winston on August 17, 2021 and located a body believed to be that of Hood. The Douglas County Major Crimes Team continues the investigation. The team consists of detectives from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Roseburg Police Department, Oregon State Police, and members of the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.