5:30 P.M. UPDATE:
HOPE – A Hope man is accused of murdering his son and injuring another person in a double stabbing on the southeast side of the town.
James T. Mee, 77, who lives on Scott Street in Hope, was arrested Tuesday on preliminary charges of murder and domestic battery, Bartholomew County sheriff deputies said.
He is accused of killing his son, Charles A. Mee, 50, Hope, according to the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office.
A forensic autopsy conducted Tuesday determined Charles A. Mee died of a stab wound to the neck and blunt force trauma to the head and face, said Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting.
Toxicology results are pending, Nolting said. All autopsy information will be forwarded to the Bartholomew County prosecutor’s office, he said.
James T. Mee remains in the Bartholomew Jail on a 48-hour hold without bond, deputies said.
The second stabbing victim, Barbara Mee, 78, Hope, was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital with what appears to be non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.
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4 P.M. UPDATE:
HOPE – A Hope man is accused of murdering his son and injuring another person in a double stabbing on the southeast side of the town.
James T. Mee, 77, who lives on Scott Street in Hope, was arrested Tuesday on preliminary charges of murder and domestic battery, said Bartholomew County sheriff deputies.
He is accused of killing his son, Charles A. Mee, 50, Hope, according to the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office.
A forensic autopsy conducted Tuesday determined Charles A. Mee died of a stab wound to the neck and blunt force trauma to the head and face, said Bartholomew County Coroner Clayton Nolting.
James T. Mee remains in the Bartholomew Jail on a 48-hour hold without bond, deputies said.
A second stabbing victim whose identity has not yet been revealed was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital with what appears to be non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
12:50 P.M. UPDATE:
Investigators have arrested James T. Mee, 77, Hope on preliminary charges of murder and domestic battery.
Mee is being held in the Bartholomew County Jail on a 48-hour-hold with no bond, according to a release from the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.
For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
ORIGINAL STORY
HOPE — One person is dead and another has been taken to Columbus Regional Hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries after a domestic incident in Hope.
A social media post by Sheriff Matt Myers states the incident is a double stabbing.
Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies said they received a 911 call from the 200 block of Scott Street in Hope at 6:39 a.m. Tuesday. The home is between Seminary and High streets on the southeast side of Hope.
An individual has been taken into custody and there is no danger to the public, deputies said.
The sheriff’s department is being assisted by the Indiana State Police, Columbus Police Department, Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office.
