Police say they have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with a murder at a Middletown motel.

Police say 23-year-old Maxwell Siebold, of Middletown, helped the four other men charged get rid of evidence in the stabbing death of Heriberto Ayala.

Ayala was allegedly killed over money and drugs in his room at Gino's Motel last month.

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