Arrest made in 2013 Incline Village murder

A Sonoma County man has been arrested in connection with the December 2013 murder of an Incline Village resident.

Joseph John Personeni

Washoe County sheriff’s detectives arrested Joseph John Personeni, 20, of Santa Rosa on one count of murder on Aug. 21.

On Dec. 22, 2013, Christopher Elliott, 46, was found dead on his porch on Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village.

According to investigators, Elliott and Personeni had been arguing and it escalated into a physical confrontation. The cause of death was blunt force trauma.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report