Madrid ( CNN ) -- The death of an American college student last month , which investigators in Barcelona initially considered to be accidental , is now under investigation as a homicide and a suspect has been arrested , the Catalan regional police said in a statement . A 41-year-old Ecuadorian man has been arrested in the Esplugues de Llobregat suburb of Barcelona , according to the police statement released Saturday . The body of 20-year-old Dartmouth College student Crispin Scott was found January 7 in the same suburb . Scott was on a study-abroad program in Barcelona that was run by Oregon 's Portland State University , Charles Inman , the coordinator of the program , told CNN on Monday by telephone from Barcelona . A judge has ordered the case sealed . Police did not provide the suspect 's name . Scott arrived in Barcelona before the official start of the study-abroad program , and on January 6 he went with other Dartmouth students -- not those from the Portland State program -- for dinner and drinks in a popular nightlife area along the city 's Mediterranean shore , Inman said . Scott never returned to his apartment and did not appear January 7 for a program orientation lunch , Inman said . Inman alerted authorities and was told January 8 about the discovery of Scott 's body . Scott , a native of Seattle , played on the Dartmouth men 's rugby team , his college newspaper reported in January .
A judge has ordered the case sealed ; police do n't name the suspect . The body of Charles Inman , January 7 , was found 20 in a Barcelona suburb . The Dartmouth College student was in Seattle on a study-abroad program .