On the morning of November 11, 2024, the body of 46-year-old Cesar Reyes of Portland was found on a logging road near state Highway 503 in the woods of Ariel, Washington. The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office ruled his death a homicide after determining Reyes died of a gunshot wound to the head; investigators believe he was likely killed elsewhere and his body left on the remote road.

The probe later produced a suspect in February 2025 when authorities arrested 45-year-old Joseph Klimas III of Vancouver on suspicion of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. Investigators say an inmate at the Cowlitz County Jail provided information linking Klimas to the case, and a recorded jail phone call in which Klimas reportedly said he had done something similar to another inmate’s charge and referenced a person known as Pelon was also cited by detectives. The inmate who came forward alleged Reyes was being silenced for sharing information Klimas did not want disclosed.

What information might help fill gaps about Reyes’s movements before November 11, 2024, or about any connections between him and the suspect?