Police Make Arrest In Murder Of Sandlot Actor Marty York’s Mother

Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Sheriff Deputy Deanna Esmaeel, the mother of Sandlot actor Marty York.

Esmaeel was found dead in her home on Thursday morning, and police later said that they were searching for her boyfriend, Daniel James Walter.

He was arrested in the state of Oregon, the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office reported.

“The suspect was located and detained by Brookings PD and is in custody in Curry County, Oregon,” a Friday night update from the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office read.

The arrest comes after the department shared a wanted poster and pictures of Walter, 54, who formally changed his name to Edward Patrick Davies, to social media.

The suspect was last spotted in Crescent City, California, before his arrest, he was eventually taken into custody in Curry County — which is approximately 70 miles away from the site of the murder, PEOPLE reported.

Before the arrest, York shared “the hardest post I’ll ever have to write” to his Instagram page, encouraging followers to contact authorities if they spotted the suspect.

“I found out from the sheriff department last night that my mother was murdered by a man she was seeing,” the actor who played Alan “Yeah-Yeah” McClennan in The Sandlot wrote.

“The emotions I have are horrible right now between rage, vengeance, crying. There is a nationwide manhunt underway, please if you’ve seen this man contact the authorities immediately!”