Riley County Police have arrested a Manhattan man in connection to a weekend homicide investigation

Officers have charged 29-year-old Erick Sanchez with second-degree murder, aggravated assault and criminal threat in connection to the death of 36-year-old Mark Rickenbaker. Sanchez was brought into custody just after 8 p.m. Monday and remains jailed in Riley County on a $1 million bond.

Police began their investigation a little after midnight on Saturday in the 800 block of Colorado Street for a reported welfare check. Officers located Rickenbaker suffering from serious injuries. He died later at a local hospital from his injuries. An investigation has determined Rickenbaker was involved in an altercation before police arrived.

Further details surrounding his death have not been provided.

Rickenbaker had a lengthy criminal history, including most recently a 2022 conviction in Riley County for aggravated battery and criminal possesion of a weapon by a felon.

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