A 59-year-old suspect has been charged in the beating death of his roommate over an alleged Pop-Tart theft.

Ozark police announced a manslaughter charged against Daryl Miley. He was booked into the Dale County Jail early Friday and remains held without bond.

Miley is charged in the slaying of 63-year-old Billy Joe Maynard.

According to police, an ambulance was called April 4 to Maynard’s home on Walton Street. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Maynard was able to tell investigators that the assault had happened days earlier. He later died.

The autopsy showed that Maynard died from blunt force trauma. He sustained three broken ribs and ruptured spleen.

During an interview with investigators, police said, Miley confessed to hitting Maynard with a metal pipe in the stomach area. He told them they were in a heated argument over the reported Pop-Tart theft.