Police on Monday arrested the second man suspected of killing a 72-year-old man in his Rochester Hills basement Friday, according to Oakland County Sheriff’s officials.

After a first suspect was arrested in Louisiana Saturday, police in Plymouth Township arrested his alleged companion Monday, according to a post on the Oakland County Sheriff’s X account.

“Our fugitive apprehension team located the individual as he was traveling this afternoon in Plymouth Township and a traffic stop was effectuated,” the post said. “He was taken into custody without incident.”

Both suspects likely followed the victim home from his Hamtramck jewelry store, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Monday.

Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, of Dearborn has been charged with felony murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment in connection with the death of Hussein Murray, who was killed in his home in the 3700 block of Newcastle Drive. Murray was the owner of Gold & Glitter Jewelry in Hamtramck.

Hernandez and his alleged companion visited the house Thursday night, claiming to be there to check on a gas leak, according to sheriff’s officials. The suspects returned Friday and were allowed into the house. Once inside, they are suspected of killing Murray, binding his 72-year-old wife’s hands with duct tape, and ransacking the premises, officials said. After the assailants left, the woman was able to free herself and dial 911.

“We’re thinking (the suspects) probably followed (Murray) home from his store,” Bouchard said Monday. “Either that, or they figured out where he lived by tracking him down on the internet. But it doesn’t look like they just randomly picked that house; there have been no recent reports in the area of people posing as utility workers, and we’ve seen cases before where people who own pawn shops or jewelry stores were targeted.”

Once the two suspects were inside the house, Murray took them to the basement to check on the supposed leak, according to investigators. After allegedly killing Murray in the basement, the two men went upstairs, bound the victim’s wife with duct tape, and spent several minutes searching the house, sheriff’s officials said.

Sheriff’s deputies found Murray’s body in the basement. The Oakland County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide Saturday, although the cause of death has not been released.

Bouchard said investigators initially had difficulty getting doorbell video from the scene, although once the footage was obtained, his office released it to the public and asked for help identifying the suspect. Tipsters named one of the men as Hernandez, Bouchard said.

“As soon as we got the tips, we figured out what kind of vehicle (Hernandez) may be in,” Bouchard said, adding that his office alerted U.S. marshals and other law enforcement nationwide.

Hernandez was arrested about 4 p.m. Saturday in Shreveport after Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies spotted a vehicle on Interstate 49 that matched the description of Hernandez’s vehicle.

“They were looking for that vehicle, because (Hernandez) had a past history of being in that area,” Bouchard said.

Because Hernandez is wanted for armed robbery in Ohio, Bouchard said the suspect was held on those charges, “while we got our own charges worked up here.”

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in a Sunday news release she would charge Hernandez with felony murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment. It is punishable by up to life in prison.

“This was a gruesome attack on an elderly couple in their home,” McDonald said in the release. “I have authorized the highest charge, which carries a mandatory life without parole sentence for this brutal crime. My office will work diligently to ensure that this individual is held accountable and that the public is safe from violent predators.”

Hernandez is being held in the Caddo Correction Center, and Bouchard said officials likely will learn Tuesday whether the suspect will fight extradition to Michigan.

“There’ll probably be a court hearing (Tuesday) to see if he’ll fight (extradition), although we’re planning on getting him to Michigan,” Bouchard said.

According to Michigan Department of Corrections records, Hernandez in 2006 was sentenced to 1-15 years in prison after pleading guilty to 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct, person 13 through 15. While in prison, he was convicted in 2012 of attempting to possess a weapon.

Hernandez was released from prison in 2022, according to MDOC records.

Murray and his wife were married 54 years, and have three children and 11 grandchildren, one of the victim’s grandchildren said in a statement. The Hamtramck pawn shop was closed Monday.