Suspect Jailed In Casa De Oro Homicide

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — A man suspected of murdering his husband, a Chula Vista city employee, last week in the victim's home near Mount Helix was behind bars Friday following his out-of-state arrest.

Daniel Scott Jordan, 44, was taken into custody in Reno, Nevada, on Thursday in connection with the slaying of 38-year-old Kevin Powell, according to San Diego County sheriff's officials.

Early on the afternoon of Aug. 11, Chula Vista police personnel conducting a welfare check on Powell found his body in his residence in the 4400 block of Carmen Drive in Casa De Oro, an unincorporated area just outside La Mesa, Lt. Thomas Seiver said.

Powell's work supervisor asked police to check on him after he missed several meetings, the lieutenant said.

The Sheriff's Department has declined to specify how Powell died or disclose a suspected motive.

The suspect has been booked into Washoe County Detention Facility pending extradition to San Diego.

— City News Service