Richard Fluegel Sr., 60, was reported lacking by his household on Sunday, December 8 to the Irondequoit Police Division, after the Livingston County Sheriff’s Workplace says he “hadn’t returned dwelling as anticipated.”

He additionally failed to indicate up for a flight early the next morning.

On December 9, police reached out to the sheriff for help, after Fluegel Sr.’s automobile was present in a parking zone in Dansville. Whereas authorities investigated the disappearance, round 11:30pm that night, Livingston County Emergency Communications Heart allegedly acquired a name saying a person was within the Sheriff’s parking zone “and needed to show in a useless physique.”

Deputies responded to the scene and met with Richard Fluegel Jr., 30, the lacking man’s son. After a search warrant was obtained for the automobile, authorities say Fluegel Sr. was discovered inside with “obvious gunshot wounds.”

“That is very irregular, as you’ll be able to think about,” Sheriff Thomas Dougherty instructed WHAM. “I’ve by no means heard of that in my profession right here. I do not assume loads of regulation enforcement businesses have individuals doing that. It is a very distinctive scenario the place somebody calls and says ‘Yeah, I am right here and I wish to flip in a physique.’”

Dougherty additionally stated the murder scene is believed to be in Ossian, the place Fluegel Jr. is making an attempt to begin “some form of marijuana progress operation” by the state.

Citing the felony criticism, WHAM stories Fluegel Jr. is accused of utilizing a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot his father twice. The weapon was recovered, whereas the son can also be accused of wrapping his father’s physique in a tarp and concealing it in his 2018 Audi.

As for who known as authorities, it wasn’t Fluegel Jr. — however his lawyer, who Dougherty stated confirmed as much as the identical parking zone in a separate automotive. The lawyer instructed WHAM he acquired a name from his shopper on Monday evening, saying he wanted authorized counsel and had a physique in his automobile.

Fluegel Jr. was arrested on December 10 and charged with homicide within the second diploma, felony legal use of a firearm within the first diploma and tampering with bodily proof, all felonies. He pleaded not responsible earlier this week and is being held with out bail.

He is due again in courtroom Monday, December 16 for a preliminary listening to.