FERNDALE, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man near Bellingham beat his father to death in an argument and kept his body in a garage.
The Bellingham Herald reports police responded to a Ferndale home Tuesday because a concerned family member hadn’t seen 65-year-old William Koop Jr. for weeks.
Ferndale police say officers spoke with the man’s son who reported his father’s body was in the garage.
Police say 39-year-old Christopher Koop told officers he argued with his father April 13 over bills, and knocked him unconscious.