A suspect wanted for murder in Louisiana was captured by deputies in the Everglades on Tuesday morning and is in Collier County Sheriff’s Office custody. 
Alan Virgil Brumfield was arrested after a tip led deputies to the Everglades City area, where deputies located him walking along U.S. 41 East near the 59 mile marker around 8:50 a.m.
Detectives said Brumfield was cooperative with deputies. He told them he had been camping in the Everglades since Saturday.
Detectives said the tip came after someone recognized Brumfield from a Collier County Sheriff’s Office news release Monday about an abandoned rental car with ties to Brumfield that had been found in Ochopee.
Louisiana law enforcement authorities have been notified of Brumfield’s arrest. He is being transported to the Collier County jail, where he will await extradition to Louisiana.
Brumfield, 48, is wanted for first-degree murder in connection with an Oct. 13 home invasion and shooting in Natchitoches Parish, La.
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Abandoned Rental Car Connected With La. Homicide Suspect Posted Date: 10/21/2013 11:30 AM
Abandoned Rental Car Connected With La. Homicide Suspect Posted Date: 10/21/2013 11:30 AM
Collier County Sheriff’s Office detectives have determined that an abandoned rental car found Sunday afternoon in Kirby Storter Roadside Park in Ochopee has ties to a man wanted for murder in Louisiana.
Alan Virgil Brumfield, 48, is wanted for first-degree murder in connection with an Oct. 13 home invasion and shooting in Natchitoches Parish, La.
Brumfield is described as white, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 pounds with partially gray hair and hazel eyes.
The license plate had been removed from the blue Nissan Sentra, but deputies determined that the vehicle identification number (VIN) came back to one last believed to be in Brumfield’s possession.
Deputies searched the area from the ground and the air and determined that Brumfield was not in the vicinity.
Anyone with information on Brumfield’s whereabouts is asked to call their local law enforcement agency or the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-352-6432.
