Man arrested in connection with Gasconade County homicide originally reported as suicide
Nia Hinson
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Bland, Missouri man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with a homicide in Gasconade county earlier this year.
According to a social media post from the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office, David M. Lueke Jr., of Bland, Missouri was arrested Friday. He’s being held in the Franklin County Adult Detention Facility on a $500,000 cash only bond. Official charges were not filed as of Saturday night, according to online court records.
The post states deputies responded to a reported suicide by hanging at a home in the 3600 block of Highway T, near Rosebud, Missouri on May 23. Deputies arrived and found Noah Cantlon.
The position of Cantlon’s body was not consistent with death by a hanging and it appeared the body had been on the ground for an extended period of time, the post says. Deputies also found unexplained cuts and bruises to Cantlon’s body.
A homicide investigation was launched and an autopsy later confirmed that the neck markings on Cantlon were not consistent with suicide by hanging. There also was no evidence that the body remained suspended after death, according to the post.
Multiple interviews were conducted, and investigators found probable cause to arrest Lueke Jr.