Detectives have arrested 41-year-old William Bell Jr. for the murder of a 50-year-old man, nearly two years after the crime occurred.
The victim, Steven Hopkins, was found strangled to death in his home on Merrill Road on November 30, 2023, after a citizen requested that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office do a welfare check.
Investigators said Hopkins’ apartment had been ransacked and that there were two knives found next to his body…