ROANOKE CO., Va. – The Roanoke County Police Department announced Wednesday that it had made an arrest in connection with a suspicious death investigation that began in July.
According to officials, Roanoke County officers responded to the 2000 block of Ridge Road to investigate a reported suspicious death. Detectives quickly confirmed there was no ongoing risk to the community and launched an intensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Working closely with the Roanoke County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, detectives presented the case to the Roanoke County Grand Jury in August. The Grand Jury then returned indictments for second-degree murder and abduction against 19-year-old Bryan Lamonde Smith of Roanoke County for the abduction and death of 22-year-old Anthony Shoemaker.
On Monday, Lamonde-Smith was taken into custody without incident and is currently being held without bond at the Western Virginia Regional Jail.