WORCESTER — A man has been found guilty of killing his 83-year-old father, who was found beaten on the floor of his home with a trash bag secured by a belt over his head.
Glenn Armstrong, 50, was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the January 2017 death of Walter Armstrong in his Blackstone home. He was also convicted of larceny for stealing his father’s pickup truck and driving it to New Jersey.
He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole at sentencing scheduled for Monday.
An autopsy determined the older man died from blunt trauma and asphyxia by ligature strangulation.
The younger Armstrong had served prison time for threatening to kill President Bill Clinton in 1994.
WORCESTER — The death of a man while in police custody is under investigation. Worcester police said Thursday officers found the man suffering from a medical emergency in his holding cell just after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers and paramedics performed first aid at the scene before the man was transported to the hospital. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
The state medical examiner is performing an autopsy, but police say the office has already said the death does not appear to be suspicious.
From Associated Press