CLINTON COUNTY — Bond has been set at $2 million for a 28-year-old Breese man held in the Clinton County Jail on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges.

Valentin Nau Navarro-Lopez is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, along with Class 2 felony kidnapping and Class 4 felony unlawful restraint in connection with the disappearance and death of 22-year-old Marcos Chaves, also of Breese.

According to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department, on November 5th they were notified of the possible kidnapping and unlawful restraint of Marcos Chaves. Detectives developed a suspect and later determined his whereabouts. Then on November 6, Clinton County State’s Attorney J.D. Brandmeyer secured arrest warrants for Navarro-Lopez. He was taken into custody on those warrants in Gordon County Georgia.

Clinton County detectives traveled to Georgia and interviewed Lopez. The following day Chaves’ body was discovered near Carlyle Lake.

He was ultimately returned to Clinton County and is being held in the Clinton County Jail in connection with the disappearance and subsequent death of Marcos Chavez. He’s scheduled for a November 23 preliminary hearing in the case.