Two Michigan men are accused of posing as utility workers and killing a 72-year-old man and leaving his wife tied up, local authorities said.

Authorities arrested Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, and an unnamed suspect Friday in connection with the murder of Hussein Murray, a 72-year-old man whose body was found in the basement of his Rochester Hills, Michigan home. . According to Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO).

Officials said the victim’s wife called 911 believing her husband had been kidnapped. Deputies responding said she was found bound and secured with duct tape. (Related article: ‘I felt God’s protector’: Video shows home intruder pretending to be delivery boy and holding mother, toddler, baby hostage)

“A 72-year-old woman also stated that the two suspects had come to her home the night before and claimed there was a gas leak, but they would not let her in,” the press release said. “When they arrived today, they were allowed into the house and her husband accompanied them into the basement, ostensibly to look for a water leak.”

The woman was briefly hospitalized after the incident, but has now been released. According to Update from OCSO. OCSO said Murray’s cause of death was not immediately determined due to the “tragic nature of the injuries.”

The sheriff’s office later released Ring camera footage of two men who appeared to be wearing utility vests on the couple’s front porch.

“We’re DTE. We’re checking for gas leaks,” one man said, referring to the Detriot-based energy company, before flashing what appeared to be a clipboard containing documents. I heard it.

The first suspect, Hernandez, was found Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana, more than 1,000 miles from where the alleged crime took place. According to Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office. A trooper stopped him on Interstate 49 after seeing his vehicle matching the description of a possible murder suspect and arrested him “without incident,” the press release said. said.

“Hernandez was wanted on multiple warrants for armed robbery from the state of Ohio and a warrant for murder from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office,” officials said. O.C.S.O. said in a post saying they are working to extradite the 37-year-old from Louisiana.

On Monday, OCSO announced that they had “a second suspect in the Rochester Hills homicide case taken into custody” after he was spotted and a traffic stop was conducted in Plymouth Township.

“While we do not have anything further to add at this time, we wanted to release this information to reassure our concerned community,” the sheriff’s office said.