Handyman accused of stabbing, fatally beating Vietnam veteran with hammer claims self-defense

A 68-year-old Vietnam Veteran killed in his beloved recliner at the family’s Chelsea home was stabbed more than a dozen times and then bludgeoned in the head with a claw hammer, Shelby County prosecutors said Thursday. Tracy Ward Austin was killed on March 5, 2018. A handyman – and…

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