FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (PIX11) – A man is accused of using a metal pipe to kill his 87-year-old father in a New Jersey township on Sunday, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Police were called to a Haddon Place home in Franklin Lakes around 7:33 a.m., where officers found 87-year-old George J. Hagal dead, according to authorities.
Prosecutors said the victim's son, 60-year-old David Allen Hagal, was arrested.
He was charged with murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.
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