Final suspect arrested in murder of Orland man
CORNING >> A 44-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Corning on an outstanding arrest warrant out of Glenn County for kidnap, torture and first degree murder with special allegations in relation to the kidnap and homicide of Brandon Bryce Dawson in Orland on March 8, 2019.
Lane Cleo Walker, Jr. is the fourth and final suspect in the disappearance and murder of the 26-year-old Dawson, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the Glenn County Sheriff’s Department. He was arrested by the US Marshals Service at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Four weeks prior to Walker’s arrest, the Glenn Investigative Narcotics Task Force arrested three other individuals in connection to the murder. Those suspects include Stanley Scott Grundy, 44, of Corning, charged with kidnap, torture and first degree murder with special allegations; Clayton Stanley Humphrey, 39, of Flournoy, charged with first degree murder, accessory after the fact and moving or concealing evidence and John Cornelius Poldervaart, 52, of Capay, charged with kidnap and torture.
All four men are housed in the Glenn County Jail pending court proceedings.
Dawson disappeared under suspicious circumstances from a residence in the rural Orland area in the early morning hours of March 8, 2019. His mother, Kelly Skidmore, and girlfriend, Ashley Heitland, reported the disappearance to deputies on March 10, 2019.
Tips at the time alleged that Dawson was in a dispute with several subjects regarding illegal drugs, he was murdered sometime on or after March 8, 2019 and his body was dumped in a wilderness area in Colusa County. The investigation was upgraded to a homicide April 19, 2019.
During a search, cadaver dogs located human remains in the area of Walker Ridge in Colusa County. The remains were identified as Dawson’s and his family was notified.