On January 12, 2023, Lewis County Sheriff Department Deputy Mckenzie Potts and Sergeant Todd Webb were dispatched to 168 Ashley Road. When they arrived, Daniel Lee Brewer fled from deputies in a blue Nissan Sentra with a female in the vehicle. Law enforcement pursued but were unable to catch Brewer at that time.

On January 13, Lewis County Dispatch received a call from the female's mother wanting a welfare check on her. When Deputies Nicholas Reeves and Dustin Carroll arrived, Brewer was on the front porch, and he went into the house and out the back door into the woods.

At that time, the fema...