Man arrested in grandfather’s death


March 23, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

WEST UNION, Ohio

Police have accused a man of fatally stabbing his grandfather and assaulting his grandmother in the couple’s southern Ohio home.

Authorities say 43-year-old Thomas Hargrave of West Union was arrested Monday on aggravated-murder and aggravated-assault charges.

Police say 84-year-old Maxine Holland ran from her home Sunday night calling for help, and police arrived as Hargrave charged out the front door. Her husband, 75-year-old Franklin Holland, had been stabbed numerous times.

West Union Police Chief Roy Stricklett says police aren’t sure what led to the slaying and assault.

Hargrave was being held in the Adams County Jail.

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