SON HELD IN DEATH OF FATHER.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. detectives have been called to investigate the death of an 89-year-old Lancaster man, who had been hospitalized for nearly three weeks following a beating. The man's son is in custody, officials said. Joseph Nelson McDonald was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital on Dec. 15 suffering from injuries to the head, authorities said. He died there Jan. 3. His son, Richard McDonald, 50, was arrested Dec. 15 on suspicion of assault with great bodily injury. Richard McDonald remains in jail without bail and is now being held on suspicion of murder, a sheriff's spokesman said. Detectives said they do not know the motive motive or motif (mōtēf`), in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously with figure. for the attack but the investigation is continuing. |
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