BREAKING – Murder Charges Filed In Monroe County Death

ABERDEEN, Miss. ( WCBI) – A confession leads Monroe County investigators to the body of a missing man.

PACE

Stanley Joe Pace is charged in the stabbing death of 43 year old Ronnie Max Duke of Amory.

Investigators say an altercation between the two men occurred at a residence on Highway 6 off of Mize Road.   That’s when they say Pace attacked Duke with a sword and cutting him multiple times

Monroe County Sheriff’ Cecil Cantrell tells WCBI-TV that a conversation with Pace led them to Duke’s body.

Deputies have located Duke’s body off of Brown-Taylor Road near Hatley .

Duke was reported missing January 15th by family members, and a weekend of investigation led deputies to  Pace, who was at the time, a person of interest in Duke’s disappearance.