HYANNIS – From the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office: District Attorney Michael O’Keefe and Barnstable Police Chief Matthew Sonnabend announced today that William Hayes (d.o.b. 12-9-80) of Falmouth was arrested in Yazoo, Mississippi at a relative’s house at approximately 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 1, 2019.
Mr. Hayes was arrested by the United States Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force on a fugitive from justice warrant pursuant to a Massachusetts murder warrant.
This arrest was in connection with the shooting death of Darrell Russ (d.o.b. 9-6-86) of Hyannis. Present in Mississippi were State Police Detectives from the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office and detectives from the Barnstable Police Department.
Proceedings will begin to extradite Mr. Hayes to Massachusetts. The case remains under investigation by the aforementioned agencies.
Read Cape Wide News’ original coverage here
Photo by. John P. Carroll/CWN file