HOPE — A Hope man accused of killing his son last winter has died of apparent natural causes.
James T. “Slim” Mee, 78, died Saturday at his home surrounded by loved ones, according to his obituary.
Mee was charged with stabbing his son, Charles A. Mee, 50, in the neck during the early morning hours of Jan. 7, as well as causing blunt force trauma to the victim’s head, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Dept. Detective Terrance Holderness.
Charles Mee died a short time after being taken to Columbus Regional Hospital, and his father was formally charged with murder Jan. 13, online court documents confirm.
During the initial investigation, family members told investigators James Mee had been suffering from dementia and paranoia that was directed, in particular, at his wife, Barbara Mee, and the victim, Holderness wrote.
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