Man Accused of Murder After Bringing His Father’s Body to Sheriff’s Office
December 11, 2024
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A man in New York was charged with murder this week after bringing his father’s body, which was riddled with bullets, to a local sheriff’s office, authorities announced on Wednesday.
The Case
Livingston County Sheriff Thomas Dougherty announced that 30-year-old Richard Fluegel Jr. called 911 late Monday, stating he had a body to turn in at the sheriff’s fffice in Geneseo, New York.
Deputies met Fluegel in the parking lot, where they discovered the body of Richard Fluegel Sr. in his son’s car, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, Dougherty said.
According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, Richard Fluegel Sr. was reported missing on Sunday.
Fluegel Jr. was first detained on a charge of tampering with evidence before being charged with murder and criminal use of a firearm. He pleaded not guilty during his arraignment late Tuesday and is being held without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for December 16.
Police tape is pictured in Monterey Park, California, on January 22, 2023. A sheriff’s office in upstate New Yorkt this week said a man has been charged with murder after bringing his father’s bullet-riddled body… Police tape is pictured in Monterey Park, California, on January 22, 2023. A sheriff’s office in upstate New Yorkt this week said a man has been charged with murder after bringing his father’s bullet-riddled body to the sheriff’s office.
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The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities have not yet released details about how or when they believe Fluegel killed his father. Court records did not list an attorney for Fluegel, and the district attorney’s office did not respond to inquiries about his legal representation.
What the Sheriff Is Saying
During a press conference this week, Dougherty further spoke about the incident and emphasized that Livingston County, located in New York’s Finger Lakes region, remains a safe community.
While speaking about the 911 call, Dougherty said: “As far as the call into dispatch saying that they wanted to turn in a deceased body, that’s very abnormal, as you can imagine.”
“I have never heard of that in my career here. I don’t think a lot of law enforcement agencies have people doing that. It’s a very unique situation where someone calls and says, ‘Yeah, I’m here, and I want to turn in a body,'” Dougherty said at a news conference on Tuesday.
“Livingston County is a safe place,” Dougherty said during the press conference. “This kind of stuff doesn’t happen. We don’t have people just show up and say they have a dead body with them and they’d like to turn in. It’s not common.”
“How did we end up in this place with a really unfortunate, tragic story? It’s one of those things that doesn’t make a ton of sense to the family—doesn’t make a lot of sense to us, and so that’s our job is to determine what happened,” the sheriff said. “The men and women in the sheriff’s office got this well in hand and it will be thoroughly investigated.”
This article includes reporting from The Associated Press.
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