FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mobile County Sheriff’s Office was called to the BUDDHIST TEMPLE at 10323 BOE ROAD today, May 11, 2012 for a homicide.  Deputies arrived at the Temple at approximately 12:00 noon.  The murder occurred inside the Temple.  There was an apparent altercation between two Monks.  One beat the other to death (in the head) with a blunt object.  The victim is CHAIWAT MALEECHATE - AGE 45.  The suspect is VERN PHDSAMAY - AGE 32.  The suspect is in route to Mobile Metro Jail and will be charged with Murder.

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