A Florence man accused of beating another man back in February is now charged with murder.Â
Florence police say the victim, 59-year-old Donald Edwin Hale, succumbed to his injuries on Monday.
About 8 p.m. on Feb. 3, officers responded to a report of a man who had been severely beaten and left in the roadway at the intersection of West Mobile and North Locust streets.
Following further investigation, 47-year-old Fredrick Maurice Ingram was identified as a suspect. Ingram was apprehended and initially charged with attempted murder on Feb. 11, but his charge was upgraded to murder on Tuesday as a result of Hale's death.
Ingram was already in custody at the Lauderdale County Detention Center and is currently being held without bond.
If anyone has information on this incident, please contact Det. Michael Price at 256-760-6595, message the Florence Police Department on Facebook, through their app, or text an anonymous tip to 274637 by using the key word "FPDTIP" followed by your message.
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