AVA, Mo. (KY3) – A man from Ava, Mo., is charged with first-degree murder of a man from Springfield. The investigation is the first for the Ava Police Department in more than 20 years.
According to police, 54-year-old Aaron Vaughan was arrested Friday, Aug. 15, at his parents’ home in the 400 block of Bunch Avenue in Ava. It started when police got a call about a fight between two men involving a knife.
“They did observe a male subject in front of the house who was quickly detained just due to the situation itself,” said Lt. Dewayne Butterworth with Ava Police. “At this time, officers did enter the residence and did locate a male subject who appeared to be deceased from a knife wound.”…