UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Upper Lake resident Calvin Bennett McDonald, 26, has been arrested for murder by the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Bennet is a supsect in the death of 26 year old James Flowers of Upper Lake whose body was discovered Tuesday afternoon.
At approximately 3:15 p.m. Tuesday Lake County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to a report of a deceased male located on a rural parcel of property in the Blue Lakes area.
Deputies located the victim and requested that detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit respond to the scene.
Central Dispatch provided a description of McDonald who was located at approximately 3:45 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Blue Lakes Cove and W. State Highway 20 in Upper Lake and detained.
The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating Flowers' death as a homicide.
An autopsy is scheduled for later this week to determine the exact cause of death.
Calvin Bennett McDonald was arrested for murder, transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
McDonald's bail is currently set at $1,000,000.