A convict with a tattooed head and a protracted rap sheet for violent crimes allegedly beat his father to loss of life in North Carolina simply days after getting launched from jail.
Derek Steven Hughes, 41, had been paroled for simply six days when he killed his father, 74-year-old Steve Hughes, early Tuesday in a battle over cash, based on police and relations.
The daddy died from “accidents sustained throughout a bodily assault” in his trailer, police in Gaston County police stated, with out elaborating.
The sufferer’s son was arrested later that day in Kings Mountain, not removed from his dad’s Gaston County trailer, and charged with first-degree homicide.
Derek Hughes had been launched from jail on parole on Aug. 6 after serving time for drug fees, based on WBTV.
Earlier than his newest stint behind bars, he was beforehand locked up for fees together with assault on a feminine, assault by strangulation, speaking threats and different offenses, information present.
Steve Hughes’ daughter instructed WBTV her father was “the very best man you may ever meet” and beloved to work on vehicles, camp and fish.
”I’m getting justice for my father,” the sufferer’s daughter stated Tuesday. “I’ll go to the top of the earth to get justice for him.”
Derek Hughes is being held on the Gaston County jail with out bond.
