'One of the most brutal murders': Ala. man arrested for allegedly beating elderly man to death

WICKSBURG, Ala. (TCD) -- Investigators arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of beating a 70-year-old man to death in what the sheriff called a "brutal" killing. According to Houston County Sheriff Donald Valenza, on Dec. 12, 2023, deputies responded to a residence on U.S. Highway 84 West and found Durwood Ard "severely beaten" and deceased outside. Investigators collected evidence and submitted it to the state crime lab. On Jan. 18, officials received the lab results and arrested Justin Ammons on a charge of capital murder. Valenza said Ammons had always been considered a pr