TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) - A Walthall County grand jury has indicted a Jayess man for the fatally stabbing Patrick Pigott in April 2013.
The murder indictment was issued this past week.
The Enterprise-Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1qDxpjU ) Tyler Cupit was arrested on April 14, 2013, after Pigott’s body was found in a wooded area in the northwestern part of the county.
Cupit is free on an $800,000 bond.
Authorities say Pigott was last seen around March 31, 2013, at the home of William Stacy Smith. Pigott was reported missing on April 8, 2013.
Authorities say Pigott and Cupit reportedly got into an altercation, resulting in both men being stabbed.
Authorities say Smith, at whose home investigators say the altercation took place, is charge with accessory after the fact to murder.
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Information from: Enterprise-Journal, https://www.enterprise-journal.com
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