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Craig C. Moritz Jr., 21, was found dead in a field near Vancouver Mall just before 3 a.m. on February 4, 2014, after a 911 call about a man not breathing. Vancouver police treated the death as suspicious; their Major Crimes Team determined it was a homicide tied to a drug deal gone wrong.

According to the investigation, Moritz and a friend, Aaron Smith, had arranged to sell marijuana to Shawn Fortner, 19, and his cousin Jonathan Hensey, 21. The buyers picked them up, then a masked man identified as 22-year-old Zacheriah A. Douglas emerged from the vehicle and tried to rob them at gunpoint. Moritz was shot in the back while he and Smith fled; Smith escaped and later told Moritz’s girlfriend, Jennifer Scroggins, who found Moritz unresponsive and called 911.

Fortner and Hensey were arrested on February 4; Douglas was arrested the next day in Forest Grove, Oregon. Fortner later admitted the robbery was planned. Does anyone have information about the events that night or the people involved?