Lake County authorities plan to issue arrest warrants in the beating death of a man found dead in Arlee last week.

The body of Richard Warner, 18, was found June 2 in a camper off Coombs Lane in Arlee. Lake County Undersheriff Ben Woods said people came to move the camper and discovered Warner’s body inside.

The Montana State Crime Lab performed an autopsy and identified the victim.

Lake County deputies traveled to Wallace, Idaho (where Warner is from), and learned he had been living in the Arlee camper with relatives.

“He had been living in Montana between Superior and Arlee for the last year,” Woods said.

Lake County deputies interviewed Warner’s relatives and determined he had been beaten to death in mid-February and his body had been stashed inside the camper.

Authorities have not released the names of the suspects.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.