By Associated Press - Thursday, May 8, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Police in St. Louis are searching for a 33-year-old man suspected of killing his father by beating him with a hammer and strangling him.

Murder charges were filed Tuesday against Laderic Felix McDonald. His father, 67-year-old Felix McDonald, was found dead in his home Tuesday morning. A bloody hammer was found, and the victim had wires around his neck. Police say he had been dead for several hours.

Felix McDonald’s bank card was missing from his wallet. Police say the son used the card on Monday to buy a bus ticket to Atlanta.



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