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Covelo Murder Suspected Arrested After Speeding on Highway 101

A Covelo man suspected of murder has been arrested. On Wednesday afternoon, a CHP officer pulled over a speeding vehicle on Highway 101 at Nelson Ranch Road in Ukiah. The driver was arrested for possessing a firearm and transporting cannabis. At the jail, it was determined that the driver was Lee Anthony Joaquin, the suspect identified in the murder of a Redwood Valley man named Nicholas Shehli Whipple. On March 29, Whipple died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Joaquin initially provided a false name to the arresting officer. He was then arrested for murder.

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