Homicide feared in Lake City death

LAKE CITY -- Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly Craighead County man as a homicide, Sheriff Marty Boyd said Friday.

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Deputies were called to the man's Lake City home on County Road 801 behind Riverside High School at about 3:30 p.m. Friday when a family member who went to check on the man found him unresponsive.

Boyd did not identify the man, nor say how he was killed. He said the man was 73 years old and lived in the home alone. The sheriff said evidence found in the home led officers to believe the death was a homicide.

State Desk on 04/30/2016

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