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Last updated on Tuesday, October 11, 2016
(MILLTOWN) - A Crawford County man was arrested Saturday night and charged with murder.
According to a Crawford County Sheriff's Department report, officers were called to 109 Church Street after Steven Broughton called police at 9:20 p.m. to report 41-year-old Larry McDonnell Jr. had been hit i the head with a baseball bat.
When deputies arrived a the home they found 24-year-old Broughton in a front bedroom and McDonnell dead from blunt force trauma in an adjacent room.
Broughton was arrested.
Police say ,though the investigation is continuing, domestic violence and verbal abuse appear to be contributing factors in this homicide. The Indiana State Police are assisting in the investigation.
Broughton was taken to the Crawford County Jail on a charge of murder. .
Assisting at the scene were Crawford County Emergency Medical Services and the Milltown Fire Department.
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