Local police say a burglary at the home of Harold Allen in Freetown, Indiana, has prompted a murder investigation and pointed investigators to an unusual alleged weapon: a root beer float.
Allen died suddenly at his home, and authorities said no one initially suspected anything out of the ordinary.
Nine months after his death, police said, a burglary at the house led investigators to reexamine the circumstances surrounding Allen’s death.
Police opened a murder probe after the burglary, and they said the investigation has identified a root beer float as central to the alleged plot. Authorities did not provide further details.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
