SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say a 70-year-old man was fatally stabbed southeast of Salem.
Lt. Chris Baldridge of the Marion County’s Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday morning that Jere Moody of Stayton died at a hospital after being found in critical condition.
Baldridge says 26-year-old Samuel Taylor also of Stayton, has been booked into the Marion County Jail on a murder charge. Detectives were applying for search warrants Tuesday before processing the scene.
Investigators have yet to disclose the circumstances they believe led to the stabbing.
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