HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man whose body was found Monday at a southwest Houston park may have been beaten to death with a golf club, according to investigators.
Court documents state 53-year-old Patrick Wayne McCarthy has been charged with murder in the death of Anthony Wayne Jackson, but a motive in the killing or how the men are connected to each other was not mentioned.
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Houston police told ABC13 their homicide detectives were informed of a man down at Almeda Plaza Park, just off FM-521, at about 10:30 a.m. Monday.
In the immediate aftermath of the killing, police said two persons of interest were detained for questioning, and investigators were looking at an eyewitness' cell phone video that may help them.
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According to McCarthy's charging documents, he had been twice convicted in Harris County: once for burglary in 1988, and for felony escape related to the burglary count.
McCarthy is due to face a judge in Harris County Probable Cause Court on Tuesday afternoon.