Baltimore police say they have arrested the third suspect -- a 14-year-old boy -- in the brutal slaying of 16-year-old Arnesha Bowers.
Police said Raeshawn Rivers knew Bowers, an 11th grader at Baltimore City College high school, and helped orchestrate a murder and robbery plot. On June 6, police said Adonay Dixon and John Childs broke into Bowers' Northeast Baltimore home, sexually assaulted and strangled her before they set her body and the home on fire. Police say the men stole $40, an iPad and a laptop.
Dixon and Childs have been charged with first-degree murder and other charges.
Rivers, who police arrested Tuesday, was also charged with first-degree murder and 22 other criminal counts, court records show. He has been charged as an adult. No attorney for Rivers is listed in court records and a representative or family member could not be found.
Police did not elaborate on his alleged role but said he hung out with the two suspects and Bowers hours before she was killed.
He was someone Bowers was "fond of," Baltimore police Maj. Stanley Brandford said.
"What happened is an absolute travesty," he said. "It's absolutely evil what took place."
Brandford said police are investigating whether the crime was related to a Bloods gang initiation. He also said police are moving to arrest a fourth suspect -- but not someone involved directly in Bowers' murder.
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