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Vancouver police make arrest in Blanford Drive homicide

April 14, 2025

Since Nov. 1, 2024, Vancouver Police Department Major Crimes Unit (MCU) detectives have continued the homicide investigation into the killing of Courtney Clinton. Investigative leads sent VPD MCU detectives to Montgomery County Kentucky where Dariel Nunez Montero was currently in custody on unrelated charges. Based on facts and information obtained during this investigation, and in coordination with the Clark County Prosecutors Office, a felony warrant was issued in Clark County Superior Court on April 11 for the arrest of Dariel Nunez Montero (31) for Murder 1.  

Dariel Nunez-Montero was arrested on the listed murder warrant while in custody in Montgomery County Kentucky. Dariel Nunez Montero will await extradition to Clark County Washington to be prosecuted on the murder of Courtney Clinton.

Nothing further is releasable at this time.