The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Officer on Monday identified a man found tied up and beaten outside a Graham home Saturday as Dean Barker, 51, of Lakewood.
The manner of death was ruled homicide, but the cause had yet to be determined, the office said.
Barker’s body was found without identification outside a vacant home in the 22100 block of 124th Avenue East.
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