SHADY COVE, Ore.- The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the victim and cause of death in a Shady Cove homicide that occurred over the weekend.
On Monday, NBC5 News reported 34-year-old Travis Driver was charged with second-degree murder, which he pled not guilty to.
Wednesday, JCSO revealed the homicide victim was Driver’s father, 64-year-old Lowell Driver III.
During the autopsy, an OSP forensic pathologist discovered the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
Driver has now been indicted by a Jackson County grand jury on the charge.
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