Alabama man arrested in connection with father’s stabbing death
A Lauderdale County man faces murder charges after his father was stabbed to death Thursday night.
Matthew Oneal Goode, 41, was arrested following a domestic dispute call involving a knife Thursday night at 8:20 p.m., the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office said.
The first officer arriving at the scene encountered Goode in the yard and immediately detained him, authorities said.
Inside the home, deputies found Donald Edward Goode, 66, on the living room floor with an apparent knife wound to his neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators also recovered a knife.
Matthew Goode was charged with murder and taken to the Lauderdale County Detention Center. He is being held on $153,697 bond.