RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City Police say one of the suspects sought in connection to the killing of a Rapid City man in a motel room on April 9 has been taken into custody.
Travis Nelson, 35, of Rapid City was arrested Thursday on charges of Aggravated Assault, Kidnapping, Possession of a Controlled Drug/Substance and Possession of Stolen Vehicle/Failure to Comply. His bond has been set at half-a-million dollars.
In the course of its investigation, the Rapid City Police Department developed information that Nelson was in Box Elder. With assistance from the Box Elder Police Department, the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, and the South Dakota Highway Patrol, RCPD established a perimeter around the area. An RCPD K-9 unit that was part of the search found Nelson hiding in a culvert in the area of Bennington Drive, where he was apprehended.
32-year-old Tracy Laughlin of Rapid City, who is also wanted in connection with the case, is still at large.
Police are still investigating the death of 20-year-old Jesus Vance, who was found dead of a gunshot wound at the Dakota Rose Inn on East Boulevard North.
