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Police arrest son accused of beating elderly father to death

SALISBURY, N.C. — Police have arrested the son accused of beating his father to death inside his Salisbury home.

The Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Georgia arrested Juan Renardo Chunn. He is currently being held in their jail on a fugitive warrant pending extradition back to North Carolina.

Chunn is facing first-degree murder charges.

(Juan Chunn)

A grand jury indicted Chunn for the homicide, which happened in April.

Police have been searching for Chunn since discovering his father beaten to death.

Police identify 75-year-old man found dead inside Salisbury home

Police found his 75-year-old father, Eugene Chunn, dead inside his home on East Franklin Street in Salisbury.

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