ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man accused of beating his fiancee to death has been charged with manslaughter.
Bail was set at $1 million for 39-year-old Christopher Scott Fitzhugh of Astoria.
Police said 43-year-old Evelyn Decker died Sunday at a Portland hospital, apparently from injuries sustained during a beating earlier that day at the apartment the couple shared in Astoria.
Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis told a judge that Fitzhugh has a police record in Alabama and may have had “recent access” to as much as $200,000 belonging to Decker.
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Information from: The Daily Astorian, http://www.dailyastorian.com
