Detectives arrest suspect, identify victim in East County homicide investigation

Sheriff’s detectives announced Thursday they had arrested a suspect in a man’s slaying earlier this month in Harbison Canyon.

The body of Samuel Holthaus, 59, was found Sept. 3 on Harbison Canyon Road, east of El Cajon, Lt. Anthony O’Boyle said in a news release. The suspect, Kenneth McNally, 40, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in El Cajon Superior Court, according to online jail records.The sheriff’s website shows a charge for animal cruelty against McNally, but that was connected to separate case, O’Boyle said.

On Sept. 3, deputies received a report of a “suspicious death” around 3:30 p.m., O’Boyle said. Holthaus’ body was found with “apparent trauma to the upper body,” the lieutenant said.McNally was arrested Sept. 6 in Santee on suspicion of animal cruelty, O’Boyle said. He was booked on a murder allegation Thursday. O’Boyle said further details could not be released.

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