A 20-year-old man has been charged in the death of his brother after allegedly clubbing him in the head earlier this month.
“An autopsy indicated he had cracks to his skull,” the Associated Press reports. “And the left side of his brain had collapsed.”
On March 12, Alaska State Troopers were notified that a man was found unconscious inside a Venetie residence. There, they discovered 36-year-old Earl Erick, Jr. The victim was transported to an Anchorage hospital for treatment. Earl Erick was pronounced dead on March 14, according to an AST dispatch. Next-of-kin has been notified, troopers say.
On Thursday, Fairbanks Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Chance Erick for second-degree murder. Chance Erick and Earl Erick are brothers, the Associated Press reports.
Chance Erick was arrested on Saturday afternoon in Venetie and was taken to the Fairbanks Correctional Center. According to online court records, he was arraigned on Sunday afternoon.
Venetie is a community of about 160 people, as of the 2010 Census, located about 155 miles from Fairbanks.