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DATE: Wednesday, December 4, 1996            TAG: 9612040074
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-3  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: STAFFORD

MAN CHARGED IN NEPHEW'S DEATH

Police plan to file a murder charge against an 88-year-old man who allegedly killed his nephew on Thanksgiving Day.

Joseph Williams of White Oak shot James Lee Washington, 52, in the back with a shotgun, police said. Washington's body was found in Williams' front yard.

Williams was found with a head injury, apparently from trying to shoot himself, police said. He is receiving treatment at a mental health facility, but authorities plan to charge him with first-degree murder once he is released, Stafford County Detective William Bowler said.

- Associated Press

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KEYWORDS: FATALITY