The two people of interest sought in connection with the death of a man in the Tillamook State Forest have been charged with murder.

CONTINUING COVERAGE |Two 'persons of interest' in Tillamook Forest murder located in Nevada

Detectives from the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office have traveled to Nevada to serve Alyssa Z. Sturgill and Lisa M. Peaslee with arrest warrants and begin the process of extradition to Oregon.

Sturgill and Peaslee were found Sunday, December 4, in Mineral County, Nevada. The pair were stopped in the victim’s minivan by Sheriff’s Deputies and were taken into custody on local Nevada charges including possession of a stolen vehicle and were being held on a no-bail warrant.

Officials say on Friday, December 2, a Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputy located a deceased 52-year-old male in a campsite.

Evidence found at the scene indicated that the man had been shot and his vehicle had been stolen.

Spent cartridges and a firearm was also located at the scene.

Investigators quickly identified Sturgill and Peaslee as people of interest as they had been living out of a vehicle at the campsite where the body was found, and their vehicle was still there.

At the time it was believed that both were involved in the shooting and had stolen the victim’s light blue 2002 Toyota Sienna minivan.

Officials say they sent information to all Western United States law enforcement agencies in an attempt to locate Sturgill and Peaslee.