Authorities say a southern Indiana man allegedly killed his father, whose mutilated body was found outside the home they shared.
53-year-old Shawn Hays of Mitchell faces nine felony charges, including murder, reckless homicide, and abuse of a corpse, in the death of 73-year-old Rodney E. Hays.
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WATCH HEREThe Herald-Times reports that Lawrence County Sheriff’s deputies were called Tuesday to the men’s home after a 911 caller requested a welfare check on Rodney Hays.
After removing Shawn Hays from a pickup truck and handcuffing him, officers found Rodney Hays dead in front of the home, with apparent gunshot wounds to his head and chest. An autopsy was pending.
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