UPDATE: Major Crimes Detectives Investigate Death as a Homicide
Spokane Valley Major Crime Detectives continue to investigate the death of a male discovered on May 6, 2025, inside a parked motorhome/RV in the 6500 block of E. Broadway Avenue.
From initial information gained during the early stages of the investigation, Detectives now consider this a homicide and are asking for the public’s help.
Investigators believe the adult male victim and the 1988 Winnebago RV arrived in the 6500 block of Broadway, between N. Dyer Road and I-90, sometime on Sunday, May 4, 2025.
However, they believe the victim and RV may have been in the greater Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area for several months.
Detectives are releasing images of the RV and are asking for the following help from the community:
- They are looking for information regarding the RV or anyone associated with it, from Sunday, May 4, 2025, to Tuesday, May 6, 2025, while it was in the general area of E. Broadway and I-90.
- They also would like specific information regarding the RV, anyone associated with it, or other locations where it was known to be parked, between April and May 4, 2025.
If you can provide specific information that may help Detectives, you are asked to call Major Crimes Detective M. Melville at 509-477-3325, reference #10060432.
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Original Information sent May 7, 2025:
Spokane Valley Major Crimes Detectives Investigate Suspicious Death
Spokane Valley Major Crime Detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a male discovered inside a parked motorhome.
On May 6, 2025, at approximately noon, Spokane Valley Deputies responded to a suspicious circumstance call in the 6500 block of E. Broadway Avenue. The caller reported finding a deceased person inside an RV that was in the parking lot.
Deputies arrived and located what they believed to be an adult male inside, who was obviously deceased. With the cause of the person’s death unknown, they secured the scene and requested the response of Major Crimes Detectives.
Major Crimes Detectives and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Unit personnel arrived to process the scene for evidence. A K9 Unit, SAR, and Traffic Investigators also assisted with documenting the scene and canvassing the area.
Detectives are still in the early stages of this suspicious death investigation. They are diligently working to determine what led up to this person’s death and if a crime was committed.
The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the name of the decedent, along with cause and manner of death, at a later time when appropriate.
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