Californian Arrested In Beating Death

Thu., Jan. 21, 1999

From Staff Reports

A tip led police to an east Spokane home Wednesday where they arrested a California man wanted in connection with the murder of a Spokane man, officers said.

Terrence A. Cole, 23, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder.

He is believed to be one of three men involved in the beating death of 23-year-old Eric Brace, whose body was found Jan. 5 on the shores of Moses Lake.

Officers believe Brace was bound with duct tape and then beaten to death with fists, rocks and possibly a flashlight.

Two men have been arrested in the case. Joseph Jordan, 22, and 19-year-old Margarito Ramirez also have been charged with first-degree murder.

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