A suspect in a Tucson, Ariz., homicide being held at the Spokane County Jail has repeatedly confessed to the crime during interviews with TV news reporters.

Jonathan G. Baumbach, 26, told KHQ Tuesday that he met Robert Pardee, 61, through an online dating site after being propositioned with drugs and money. He moved into his home in Tucson in mid-January or mid-February.

Baumbach said he met another Jorge Alberto Osorio, 21, online shortly after who became his fiance and also moved into Pardee's home.

"He was our sugar daddy in a lot of ways," Baumbach said of Pardee, according to an interview posted online Tuesday afternoon. "...He tortured us mentally...He wouldn't let us work. He wouldn't let us do anything."

But Pardee jumped into the shower with the man and made unwanted sexual advances, which led to the homicide, Baumbach said.

Baumbach said he was with his father in Kalispell, Mont., but heard about Hoopfest and wanted to check it out.

Baumbach was arrested early Saturday in Liberty Lake with Osorio, whom he told KHQ is his fiance. A school resource officer working patrol with a young explorer noticed a 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck parked without a front license plate near Appleway and Spokane Bridge Road and learned it was linked to a homicide in Arizona. The truck belonged to Pardee.

Baumbach said he admitted to killing Pardee during an interview with a Spokane County major crimes detective.

See the full interview with KHQ here.

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