Lacey L. Rutherford and Steve Watkins
Father indicted in fatal shooting of daughter
A Hamilton man accused of fatally shooting his 29-year-old daughter and her boyfriend at his home faces the death penalty if convicted.
A Butler County grand jury indicted Alfred Rutherford Wednesday on charges of aggravated murder, murder and a weapons violation.
Rutherford, 55, has been held since last week at the Butler County Jail in lieu of $2 million in bail.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on the upgraded charges at 10 a.m. Friday in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
Police said Rutherford, who spent time in prison in the 1990s on a robbery conviction, fired the fatal shots while his grandson was having a sleepover with friends at the Hilda Avenue home.
Lacey L. Rutherford, who lived in the home with her father, was found shot to death in a hallway when police arrived at 2:24 a.m. June 18.
PREVIOUSLY: Kids at sleepover in home at time of double homicide
During the search of the home by officers, a second victim, Steve Watkins, 41, of Wilmington, was found dead of a gunshot wound in a bedroom. Rutherford fled the home and was taken into custody about 8 hours later at Joyce Park.
Authorities have declined to discuss a motive for the killings. The aggravated murder charge involves Watkins' death, which prosecutors said was planned.
Rutherford's wife called 911 after the killing and said he fought with their daughter and then shot her in the neck, leaving her body in a hallway, according to a recording of the 911 call.
Police said several children were in the home at the time of the shooting – Lacey Rutherford's children and others there for a sleepover.
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