HOMEWOOD, Calif. - The Placer County Sheriff s Office is investigating the murder of a 70-year-old Homewood man. On June 5, 2021, at 10:00 p.m., deputies responded to a 911 call in the 3000 block of West Lake Boulevard in the Hurricane Bay area of Lake Tahoe. When they arrived they found Robert Gary Spohr deceased of a single gunshot wound.
The search for a homicide suspect who escaped law enforcement custody after fleeing a hospital in a Sacramento suburb has ended with him in custody, according to sheriff's officials.